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Honduras

Central America's largest producer, and the region's quietest success story.

Production
5.5M bags (60 kg)
Altitude
1,000–1,700 m
Species
100% Arabica
Harvest
November–April

Production figures are for the 2025/26 crop year.

Overview

Honduras out-produces every other country in Central America and is named on far fewer bags than its neighbours, because for a long time most of it left as unremarkable commodity. That has changed: investment in drying infrastructure — the country is humid, and drying is where quality was being lost — plus regional cupping competitions have pulled a real specialty sector out of it.

Production is overwhelmingly smallholder, spread across six named regions along the mountainous spine of the country.

Growing regions

  • Arabica

Shaded provinces contain growing areas; the crop covers only part of each.

1,000–1,500 m
Arabica

The western corner, near the Guatemalan border and the Maya ruins.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Bourbon Caturra Catuai Typica

1,300–1,700 m
Arabica

In La Paz, and the first Honduran coffee to win a protected designation of origin.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Honey Bourbon Caturra Catuai Lempira

1,200–1,700 m
Arabica

Steep smallholder plots that supply a disproportionate share of competition lots.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Honey Bourbon Pacas Catuai Parainema

In the cup

Sweet and approachable: caramel, milk chocolate and red apple, with a gentle acidity and medium body. Higher lots from Santa Bárbara and Marcala push into citrus and stone fruit.

Caramel Chocolate Citrus Balanced
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Sources

  1. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service — Coffee: World Markets and Trade (July 2026) (read August 24, 2026) Cited for Production, Species
  2. International Coffee Organization — Historical Data on the Global Coffee Trade (read August 24, 2026)
  3. World Coffee Research — Arabica Coffee Varieties (read August 24, 2026) Cited for Varieties

Country outlines and shaded relief from Natural Earth, which places them in the public domain.

Growing-region markers indicate an area. They are not surveyed farm locations and should not be read as any.