CAFESMO（Cafes Especiales Mercedes Ocotepeque S.A. DE C.V.）

An email from CAFESMO landed in our inbox at the beginning of 2022. It said the group found out about TYPICA’s platform through the introduction of an Amsterdam-based roaster. It was a pleasant surprise to know that there are producers in Honduras as organized and as committed to creating a sustainable coffee industry as CAFESMO. The samples we received soon afterwards were high-quality across the board, some of them so impressive to the point of evocative. CAFESMO is an organization of some 280 producers headquartered in Mercedes, a border region that sits between Honduras and El Salvador. The group’s official launch dates to 2016. Co-founder Hidardo Hernández has been at its helm ever since. We’ve interviewed Hidardo, a fourth-generation coffee producer born and bred in Mercedes. History of CAFESMO...