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Knowing the challenges small coffee roasters have in planning a trip to the country of origin to look for good coffee, we have decided to bring our coffee to you. Our first shipment arrived in the East Coast in 2013, and now, thanks to our website, we are able to deliver our coffee to your door. These are our commitments to you:

Quality: Our commitment is to produce the best Arabica coffee with strict quality control and pay close attention to the process, all the way from our farms to your door.

Traceability: We show to roasters and consumers where our coffee is produced, who the farmers are, and how it has been processed.

Sustainability: Reaching our group of coffee farmers and making sure the coffee is a sustainable alternative for the environment. We use organic practices in the farms and growing our coffee under shade of different canopy trees, at the same time protecting the habitat of migratory birds like Golden-winged Warblers.

Tired of dealing with local coffee buyers and receiving low prices for our crops, we decided to join forces and look for new markets outside of our village, Marcala. Marcala is a Municipality in southwestern Honduras. This region is where Honduras reaped one of the first high quality coffees in the early nineteenth century with the arrival of German immigrants. The coffee is produced between 4,000 and 6,000 feet above sea level.

Direct Trade coffee: Is the coffee that comes from our farms to your door.

Single Origin Coffee: A lot of coffee being sold as Single Origin, come from giant swaths of land, from many suppliers, others yet will use it to refer to coffee simply from one country.

For Lenca Farms, Single Origin Coffee is a small phrase with a big definition. That means the coffee is harvested from different farms but grown within a single geographic region in one country. Then we go a step further separating the coffee in lots of specific farm and varietals, called Single Estate Coffee, and Micro-Lots.  This last one is rare and very limited in supply. These lots are separated out in the farm by zones, selective varietal with an extra degree of processing.

Since 2013 we have been able to offer coffee from our farms to your door as direct trade. We work diligently with local Craft Roasters, who want to offer to their customers not just coffee but coffee with value and history. We also offer our coffee to home roasters who want to have the experience of roasting and drinking fresh coffee.

We Value all the people who help on the farms especially those who pick the coffee by hand during harvest season.

We Value everybody who helps to process the coffee in the country of origin.

We Value those who help storage and transport the coffee until it reaches your door.

We Value our customers. When you buy our coffee, you play an important role by acknowledging the superior quality of our coffee. You demonstrate an appreciation for all of our hard work. Our comments section is for you! We want to hear about your experience because it encourages us. We also learn from you, so that we can improve the quality for future harvests.

Contact us to join our family and we will be happy to work with you.

Our philosophy as Lenca Farmers is work-hard, respect the land that Mother Earth provides us, produce the best coffee, and be able to offer it to our customers. We strongly believe in “A Hand Up, not A Hand Out,” providing a dignified life for our family and our communities.

We are committed to the children of our communities, creating  programs focused on education and healthcare. Also we are committed to protect our environment, using organic practices and growing the coffee under shade of several varieties of trees at the same time. This practice protects the habitat of native and migratory birds

We believe in the quality of our beans. We have harvest the beans with care and process them with strict quality control.

All the coffee is packaged in grain-pro bags for export and storage, and we vacuum pack for our home roasters. We guarantee the freshness of the coffee.

Emilio Garcia, founder of Lenca Farms, is a fourth-generation coffee farmer. The Garcia Family started cultivating coffee in 1915. Emilio’s Great-grandfather, Felipe Garcia, was a pioneer in the cultivation of coffee in the region of Marcala, Honduras. Felipe Garcia pioneered the export of coffee into the European market through German immigrants in Honduras.

However during and after World War II, the coffee industry in the country fell into depression. But the Garcia’s didn’t abandon their tradition of coffee cultivation. They continued it for four generations.

After hurricane Mitch in 1998, Emilio had the opportunity to travel to the U.S., where he work to support his family in the recovery of their coffee farms, learn English and find a market for their coffee. In 2013, Emilio was able to import the first shipment, partnering with Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importer,  a company that truly support small coffee producers, then began partnering with local craft roasters in Pennsylvania. He also delivers coffee door-to-door to home roasters in Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland.

With the launch of this website, we are now able to reach all coffee lovers, with coffee from our farm to your door.