Alex Ponce’s farm, located in the Marela region in the La Paz department of Southern Honduras, highlights just how diverse the coffees of Honduras can be. Due to higher elevations and cooler evenings in La Paz, coffee cherries are given more time to ripen and mature resulting in sweeter characteristics and often notes of stone fruits. Alex processes his coffee on the farm, hand-picking cherries and drying the processed coffee on raised, sun exposed beds.