Vamos a la finca

My sister lives in a small town in the highlands of Honduras where coffee is the main crop. All around her town there are coffee fincas where people raise coffee plants and produce their beans. Honduran coffee is very high quality and tastes awesome (I know from experience). Plus the people who produce it are super nice. While staying in Parrish´s town of San Nicolás, I had the opportunity to head up the mountain to the finca owned by her Honduran ´dad´whose name is Matias. Here are some pix of the trip:






Parrish and Matias in Matias´s truck, a sweet red diesel Toyota. Wish I could get a truck like that...but they are not sold in the US...bummer...











Parrish with one of her Honduran ´brothers´named Marlon. Nice hats...













This is the terrace where they dry the coffee beans after washing and de-pulping.













Marlon...avoiding work. One of Parrish´s other Honduran ´brothers´- Carlos - is tying up bags of coffee in the background.










Parrish - earning her keep on the finca by bagging coffee.



















Matias hauls a sack of coffee to the truck. These sacks weigh about 100 lbf each.
















Parrish´s third Honduran ´brother´- Alejandro - checks out the truck - now loaded down and ready for the trip to the exporter.














At the exporter´s office, they have a huge scale where sacks of coffee are weighed and the farmer is paid for them. Since Matias´s finca is ´certified´as ´high quality´he gets paid more per lbf than the average Juan.