Honduras Black Honey Micro Lot Special Preparation Finca Caja De Aguas
Located in the west of the country, the cordillera de Celaque hosts the tallest peak in Honduras, and one of the most extensive and preserved rainforests in the country. Undoubtedly, the mountain whose name in the extinct Honduran Lenca language meant “caja de aguas” (Spanish: water box) is one of the most important corners of Honduras, not simply for the most impressive panoramas of all Honduras, but especially for its rich biodiversity and high level of endemism.
This scenario is the location of Finca Caja de Aguas, a truly unique micro-estate: about 46 hectares surrounded by forest, refreshed by a natural water spring on its tallest hill that name the finca the way the old Mesoamerican tribes did.
As the local communities have always lived in symbiosis with their territory, so this coffee estate does: Finca Caja de Aguas emphasize the preservation of natural resources, the sustainability of its production process, the social responsibility for all the people involved in the production. It only uses biological and natural fertilizers from the local COCAFCAL – Cooperativa Cafetalera Capucas Limitada and supports a re-forestation program aiming to preserve the local eco-system, the biodiversity and water river protection.
Finca Caja de Aguas is involved in many social projects for the local community, such as the creation of a virtual library for children and young people, the development of policies and training courses on the child labor prevention, the creation of a youth soccer academy, the support to rural clinics for the financing of medical personnel and supplies, the creation of medical teams dedicated to the vaccinations in the most internal areas, and much more.