Honduras – Aprolma

// I wave, you ripple, Honduras. // Nothing to feel blue about: an unassuming country with exceptional coffees.

Cooperative: Aprolma
Region: Marcala
Plot altitude: 1200 to 1700 m
Coffee varieties : 100% arabica (Catuai, Bourbon, Typica, Lempira)
Process: washed
Harvest : hand-picked, December to March
Cooperative founding date: 2013
Number of members: 69 women. Women-only cooperative
Website: https://www.facebook.com/APROLMA/
Certification: organic farming

Direct-trade coffee @Roasters United

Cup profile: a balanced cup with notes of honey and caramel, dusted with a touch of vanilla. A light acidity gently awakens the taste buds.

The Aprolma cooperative (Asociacion de Productoras Libres de Marcala) was founded in 2013 by a group of women. It is now made up of 69 women, most of whom belong to the Lenca tribe. Each member owns 1.5 hectares of land used for polyculture: coffee, bananas, oranges, and yucca. Polyculture is encouraged to enrich the soil and limit dependence on a single resource. Since its founding, the cooperative has successfully pursued goals of empowering women and promoting their independence, addressing both economic challenges by sustainably improving women’s living conditions and social challenges by reducing gender inequality.

In 2018, Roasters United funded a project to build greenhouses for drying coffee. The drying beds are placed inside these greenhouses, helping to make the drying process more consistent and improve bean quality.

Enjoy!