Honduras
Santa Barbara
Jairon Moreno
El Niño
IH90
Natural
January–May
Maraschino Cherry, Jammy, Vanilla
1500 meters
N/A
69 kg w/ GrainPro
SOLD OUT
Jairon Moreno is a third generation coffee producer who learned the trade from his father and family. In 2012, after graduating from high school, he purchased his first farm and began working with Exportadora San Vicente, with whom his father was already partnered. This first farm was located in the higher elevations of Santa Barbara’s mountainous coffee region, experiencing a cold climate which made coffee production challenging. After seven years of low production volumes due to the temperatures, Jairon sold the farm to instead purchase a property farther down the mountain and nearer to his place of work.
El Niño farm is located 1500 meters above sea level in La Leona, Santa Barbara. The land was already planted with Pacas and IH90 coffee when Jairon bought it in 2020, but the trees were in a state of abandonment. He worked hard to rejuvenate the land and coffee to make the farm productive again, and planted a plot of Parainema and Pacas to grow alongside the other varieties.
Today, the farm is thriving under Jairon’s care, and he’s proud to be producing high quality specialty coffee microlots on his property.
This lot of IH90 coffee underwent Natural processing. Freshly harvested cherries were first sorted to remove damaged, dry, or defective cherries. The remaining cherries were then spread across plastic tarps to dry in full sun exposure for 22 days. Throughout the drying process, the cherries were moved every 30 minutes to ensure even drying.
The Honduran Department of Santa Barbara is one of the country’s 18 departments. It stretches from the border with Guatemala into the central mountain highlands. The Reserva de Vida Silvestre Montaña Verde wild animal preserve and the Santa Barbara Mountain are two of the main natural features of the department.
To the east of the Santa Barbara mountain, covered in primary rainforest filled with rich biodiversity, the shores of Lake Yojoa form part of the department’s borders. This region of Honduras is rich with smallholder agricultural production and far removed from the sprawling cities of San Pedro Sula to the north and the capital Tegucigalpa to the southeast.
The verdant mountains of Santa Barabara are part of three of Honduras’ coffee growing regions: Copan, Opalaca, and Montecillos. Temperatures range from 12-22 degrees Celsius throughout the year and shade trees over coffee include fruit trees, such as guava, and forest hardwoods, such as pine.
