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    Hidardo Hernández

    Hidardo Hernández is the initiator of the co-operative Cafesmo Ocotepeque. As a 4th generation coffee producer, Hidardo grew up surrounded by coffee. Together with his mother Delmy, he runs the Finca Cascaritas, where he grows different specialty grade microlots of different coffee varieties.

    Hidardo has a passion for creating high quality specialty coffees and experimenting with processing methods to create interesting flavor patterns. He grows his coffees using organic and sustainable cultivation techniques.

    The team of CAFESMO
    About
    CAFESMO

    CAFESMO is a cooperative that was initiated in 2016. Today, it has over 280 members who run relatively small farms that range roughly from 2 to 12 hectares in size. All fincas in the cooperative are fair trade and organic certified.

    The farms are located around the town of Mercedes in the south of Honduras, surrounded by the highest peaks of the country and straddling the border to El Salvador. The mountains create highly beneficial micro-climates, as well as a diverse fauna and flora with plentiful natural shade.

    CAFESMO’s members are a diverse group: there are young people as well as less young members, women and men, and people from all sorts of professional backgrounds. What unites them is a passion for high quality coffees that they can realize together.

    Hidardo is extremely passionate about quality coffee. He feels happiest with his morning coffee brewed from a V60 and then walk to his finca, to tend to the coffee plants and observe the coffee growing.

    Hidardo has been preparing micro-lots since 2015. His love for experimentation has led him to try new varieties and different processes like anaerobic fermentation, thereby creating new flavor combinations and radical flavor patterns.

    Aside from developing the organization of Cafesmo and running the Finca Cascaritas, Hidardo and his wife own a specialty coffee shop that serves Honduran coffees and fine cocoa in the town of Santa Rosa de Copán.