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Located a few miles away from Marcala, near a small town called Guajiquiro. Dionicio Cruz and his father Victorio Cruz, acquired the farm many years ago. Since then, they have planted coffee varieties such as typica, catuai and bourbon.

Our farm “Liquidambar” is named after a high tree called “Liquidambar” in Spanish. When we acquired the farm, there was nothing there, so we decided to plant three main coffee varieties, Lempira, Ihcafe90 and sarchimor.

For the past few harvests, low commodity prices have led to a significant impact on Honduran Coffee farmers. Additionally, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened their situation

We are driven by experimentation, therefore we have grown 5 main varieties in our farm; H27, Icatu, Parainema, Catuai and Geisha. Year by year, we have the quest to produce the best coffee, so we do manage the three main processes; natural, washed and honey

For many years we have only grown 2 varieties, Catuai and Bourbon. We have conducted different experiments in processing these 2 varieties, in all the three traditional processes (washed, honey and natural). However, we’ve found that the Natural process brings the most out of them.致性至

We grow different coffee varieties, but currently, 90% of the farm produces Catuai & Bourbon. Our coffee cherry selection process is quite unique, consists of only picking those cherries which are at an exact ripe level.

In our farm we have 2 coffee varieties, Lempira and Catuai. After several tryouts, we have found that applying washed or natural process in our coffees, give us better results. Coffee growing is a journey, where you experiment with different techniques

Don Oscar believes that the use of microorganism and organic fertilizers has created a shield on most of his coffee plants, giving no chance to leaf rust or any other disease that may damage his plants.  Most of the farm is full of varieties such as catuai, ihcafe 90, lempira, Geisha, Icatu and Parainema.