Terras
YAXES
A café of traditions and games
Location
Honduras | Ocotepeque
Key descriptor
Red fruits / Berries
Process
Natural Sleeping Bag
Species
Arabica
SCA Score
84.75 points
Drying technique
In the sun in patios
Variety
Colombia, Lempira and Pacas
Harvest months
October to March
Screen
15/19
Altitude
900-2,000 masl
Picking method
Selective manual
Packaging
60 kg bags : GrainPro
FAMILY-OWNED EXPORTER IN THE OCOTEPEQUE REGION
Production
Yaxes is produced by a family-owned exporter in the coffee-growing region of Ocotepeque in Honduras.
La Exportadora Familiar is an organization of small coffee producers founded in 1991 and located in the Cordillera de Montecillos Region, Otatala, Masaguara, Intibucá, Honduras. Their specialty is organic and fair trade coffees. They are Biolatina and FLO-Cert certified. (Fairtrade) and a production capacity of 17,000 quintals. It offers the services of wet and dry coffee processing, negotiation of fair/organic market sales, financial support to the member and training.
COFFEE REGION
Ocotepeque
The coffee-growing region of Ocotepeque is located in western Honduras, with an estimated population of 101,761 and a surface area of 1,680 km². has 16 coffee-growing districts, which are home to more than 7,099 families that cultivate more than 23,820 hectares of Arabica coffee of the Bourbón, Catuaí, Pacas, Lempira and Ihcafe 90 varietals, Ocotepeque is the largest coffee-growing district in the country. 5th place as the country’s coffee growing region.
Location
Honduras
Surface area 112,492 km².
9.74 million inhabitants
15 coffee regions
307,000 hectares with coffee
Ocotepeque
Surface 112.492 km²
9,74 million inhabitants
16
coffee-growing districts
23,820 hectares with coffee
