Honduras Santa Elena

Francisco Martinez has a 3.5-acre farm called El Paraiso in the community of
Aguanqueterique. Francisco has participated in monthly educational
seminars where Catracha provides guidance for farm management, harvesting
and coffee processing that is focused on quality. Traditionally, farmers in
Santa Elena have sold their coffee in cherry to a middleman, eliminating the
possibility of earning better prices based on the quality of the coffee.
Processing Details
This is Francisco’s first year selling coffee through Catracha and he has quickly
learned to process coffee using his own micro-mill so that he can depulp,
ferment and dry his coffee before delivering it to Catracha Coffee. After
harvesting, sorted ripe cherries are macerated overnight and depulped the

next day, then fermented in a cement tank for 24 hours, washed and placed on
raised beds to dry over a 15-day period.