Honduras Liquidambar Parainema

Finca Liquidambar is a family-owned coffee farm nestled in the Montecillo Mountains of Western Honduras, one of the most productive coffee growing regions in Central America. The farm is named after the Liquidambar tree, which is indigenous to Central America and prominent throughout the valley where the farm is located. Established only eight years ago, Liquidambar has already experienced success in Honduras’s annual coffee quality competition, Cup of Excellence. A washed Parainema lot from Liquidambar was one of the winners in 2023's Cup of Excellence competition. This is Equator’s second year purchasing Parainema variety coffee from Finca Liquidambar.

Coffee quality competitions such as Cup of Excellence help producers quantify the quality and value of their coffee. A panel of judges taste and score submissions and winning coffees are determined before being sold, usually in an auction format.

Traceability to the farm is always a requirement, ensuring that winning farmers directly receive the premiums that their coffees yield. Farmer identification is now standard in the specialty coffee industry, in part due to the quality competitions that are now held in many producing countries.