Las Delicias Farm was founded 45 years ago in the Montecillos community of the La Paz department in southwestern Honduras near the Montecillos Reserve. The native inhabitants - Lenka, call this area "the place of the stone" because of the mountainous terrain with thick jungle cover. ‎
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La Paz has clay loam soils and a temperate climate. Coffee trees here receive less daylight, so they bear fruit in smaller volumes, but with better quality. Mostly they grow in the shade next to banana palms. Montecillos became the first territory in Honduras to receive the status Origin Denomination: Café de Marcala ‎
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