We work with 13 partners worldwide, from who we source our coffee. In Honduras, we work together with CAFESMO. On this page you can find everything you need to know about this collaboration.

OUR

PARTNERSHIP.

The mountainous area on the border with Guatemala and Nicaragua is the home of the El Pinal farmer community. It is a challenging environment for farmers to build a solid business. Poverty, migration and cross-border crime all contribute to that. Wakuli started working with CAFESMO and El Pinal over 5 years ago in 2020 and have grown steadily together. Because we use the coffee for our blend we can purchase larger volumes and contribute to a stable offset for farmers in the El Pinal area. In 2024 we visited El Pinal and were thrilled to meet farmers like young Geremias. Read all about what drives him as a next generation farmer.

THE

CHANGEMAKER.

Meet Hidardo. He is one of the driving forces behind CAFESMO, the organisation in Honduras that we partner with to get this coffee to your home. This "changemaker" is a fourth-generation coffee farmer, coordinator at CAFESMO and also runs a local coffee shop where he, along with his wife, promotes specialty coffee. His farm is amazing! He uses his knowledge and his outreach to show farmers what is possible.

THE

COFFEE.

Honduras is one of the biggest producers of arabica coffee. Due to the altitude and climate it is well suited for producing high quality specialty coffee. Because not all coffee is grown at high altitude there is a wide range of taste profiles to be discovered. From slightly nutty, milk chocolate in low grown coffee to more fruity high acidic taste notes in coffee grown at high altitudes. We use our Honduras coffee in the Original House Blend and offer it as a Discover Monthly once a year. It typically will have taste notes such as milk chocolate, caramel and red cherry. Because coffee is an agricultural product this profile can change slightly from year to year.

THE

COUNTRY.

The earliest reported plantations in Honduras date back to the early 19th century. Coffee was introduced under then-Spanish rule, but really started gaining ground after Honduras gained independence. In the early 2000s, the coffee industry finally matured and coffee is now considered a primary cash crop along with bananas. Honduras is in the top five coffee producing countries in the world. The country is one of the poorest in Central America and crime as well as mass migration to the US are serious challenges. The hope is that income improvement through more high quality coffee production can be part of the solution.