Edgardo Urquia owns and operates Beneficio Villa Florida and is the 3rd generation coffee producer.
Finca El Bosque, that translated as “The Forest”, is an 11 ha Beneficio Villa Florida’s subplot, planted with Caturra and Lempira varieties.
Lempira is a high yielding local variety adapted to Honduras warmest zones and acidic soils.

The “origin” story of Honduras coffee isn’t clear. Reports vary about when and how coffee first came to the country, some say in the 19th century.
No matter when the plants were first brought here, they have played an increasingly significant role in the national economy- so much so that credit is largely given to coffee from preventing the National government from going bankrupt during financial crisis in 2009.

Despite not being known as famous as other Central American coffee growing countries like Costa Rica, El Salvador or Guatemala, Honduras has quietly become the bigger producer exporting more volume than any other nation in the region and the seventh overall in the world for exports.