25 El Sol Honduras 2023

Ariel Murcia is the owner of Finca “El Sol” located at the municipality of Concepción del Sur, Santa Bárbara. His farm is located at 1450 m.a.s.l. Ariel started his coffee plantation in 2010 with a little bit more of 1 Has of Catuai Variety nowadays he has added Pacamara variety among others. He takes a great care in all aspect of the coffee processing from the nursery to the harvesting. Keeping his farm healthy demands of him to do at least two fertilizations per year as well as the weed and pest control. At harvesting he makes sure only the red cherries are chosen. During the fermentation process he is very meticulous since he knows this is a decisive stage to enhance the coffee natural characteristics. Then he dry is coffee in the solar dryer and after that he stores in wooden racks. He evaluates the coffee quality periodically through San Vicente exporter. He is very excited to be back at the international auction and hopes to find not only a good price but a good buyer who appreciates the effort of the producers to obtain quality coffee. He hopes he can maintain his good record and specialty producer.