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When it comes to coffee in America, most of you will think of places like Brazil and Colombia. Today, Qianjie Coffee would like to introduce to you Honduras, a coffee producing country that also comes from America.

Honduras, a country located in Central America, is particularly unpopular among many Central American coffee-producing countries because it has not established diplomatic relations with China. But you may not know that since 2011, Honduras has surpassed Guatemala in coffee production to become the largest coffee producer in Central America and one of the top 10 coffee producers in the world!

On the development of coffee in Honduras

In fact, Honduran coffee is not so smooth at the beginning, compared with other Central American countries: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and so on, coffee development can be said to be very late.

The main reason for this is that the coffee industry in Honduras has been delayed by the lack of transportation to connect the origin to the port, but after 1970, the government created an official agency for coffee: Instituto Hondure?o del Cafe (IHCAFE), which is dedicated to improving coffee quality, and coffee trees can be planted all over Honduras, making Honduras's coffee production surpass that of Costa Rica and Guatemala in 2011!

However, Honduras is also facing the problems of leaf rust and global warming, which is a major issue in Honduras.

Flavor of Honduran coffee producing area

Honduras has six major coffee producing areas, mainly located in the western and southern regions of Copan, Opalaca, Montecillos, Comayagua, Agalta Tropical and El Paraiso, of which three are the main producing areas:

Montesius (Montecillos): the highest altitude producing area in Honduras, the coffee is bright and rich in texture, full of rich fruit and sweet aromas with citrus aromas.

Copan: the coffee beans of Koban are all chocolate flavor, mellow taste and high sweetness.

Agalta Tropical: the coffee beans in this area have a balance of honey sweetness and acidity, with chocolate tonality.

Generally speaking, the coffee alcohol and sweetness of Honduras are quite high, all fruit tone, but sometimes with nutty, taffy flavor, is quite multi-layered coffee.

The history of coffee beans in Honduras

Hongguo began to grow coffee at the end of the 19th century. Some countries have planted a lot at home after being introduced from other countries.

In contrast, Honduras has a large domestic crop, 90% of which is consumed at home. Probably feel that such good planting conditions, do not export is too bad, slowly start the export business. In 1990, exports were about tens of thousands of tons, and by 2018 it has reached about 360000 tons. Although the country is small, the production of coffee has reached the forefront of the world.

So how should Honduran coffee be made to taste good? The front street coffee tells you how to make Honduran coffee by hand.

Qianjie Coffee suggests brewing Honduran wine-flavored coffee beans:

1. Filter cup: v60

2. Water temperature: 90 ℃

3. Degree of grinding: moderate grinding

4. Ratio of powder to water: 1:15

5. Extraction time: about one minute and fifty seconds

Qianjie Coffee Analysis: because most Honduran coffee is deeply roasted and its flavor tends to chocolate, nuts and caramel, Qianjie coffee is recommended to brew with semi-immersed coffee filter cups such as KONO filter cup and kalita three-hole trapezoidal filter cup, while choosing a lower water temperature with a thicker grind to reduce the chance of coffee over-extraction. On the other hand, a small proportion of powder and water can increase the taste of the coffee and avoid the situation that it is easy to overextract when it is extracted to the later stage.

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