HONDURAS FINCA EL ENCANTO

HONDURAS FINCA EL ENCANTO

Country: Honduras

Region: Marcala - El Cerrón

Farm: The Charm

Farmer: Mario Porfirio Gámez

Yield: 1570 m

Fajta: Arabic / Catuai - Caturra - Pacas

Processing: Washed

Certification: specialty, bio

Sweet cocoa coffee with good body and medium acidity.

Mario Porfirio Gámez is the third generation of the family who dedicate their lives to coffee growing, a tradition started in 1930 by his grandfather. Mario has been watching his grandfather and father on the farm since he was a child, he became a partner of COMSA in 2014 and, with the support of COMSA, started implementing organic farming and started working on a 5M life proposal that is sustainable and environmentally friendly for soil and coffee crops. production.Mario Porfirio Gámez decided in 1980 with the exercises he had learned with his grandfather and father to carry on all this knowledge. He started growing coffee, which allowed him to develop a processing process on his own farm, taking advantage of the ingredients, from pulping to drying. This encourages to experiment with each harvest season with the aim of gradually improving the profile of coffee.Mario Porfirio works with his wife and children at El Encanto Farm, who follow the tradition with the same passion and goal of making quality coffee that he learned from his grandfather and father. On the El Encanto farm, environmentally friendly farming practices are carried out, as well as fruit planting. Quality processing begins with the harvest at the optimum ripening point. 

Marcala is a town in La Paz County, Honduras, Central America. It is located about 100 kilometers west of Tegucigalpa. It is located on a plain surrounded by mountains, bordering the Republic of El Salvador to the south. It is bounded on the north by La Esperanza and Intibucá, on the south by the province of Intibucá, on the south by the Republic of El Salvador and on the east by Santa Ana, Opatoro, Chinacla, San José and Cabañas; and to the west by the municipality of Yarula. Marcala is famous for its landscapes and unique climate, which makes coffees in the area a favorite of gourmets.