Honduras coffee...a struggling industry

The coffee industry in Honduras, despite the quotes in the post below this, is still struggling to gain a foothold in the worldwide coffee trade. Only growing Arabica beans, their crop is thusly low grade and used primarily in blends. Green Mountain Coffee (who we will have interesting answers from on Wednesday) only buys a mere 3% of their coffee from Honduras. Although the odds are against them, the Hondurans have been hard at work trying to exploit their amazingly ideal coffee growing conditions which include climate, altitude, and other such conditions. They are trying to make coffee as important to their economy as bananas. Even though relatively low grade, their coffee is still good enough to stand on its own for most tastes. Honduras coffee is not unused though, it is extensively used in blends, it is just not used as an exclusive flavor.

~Evan