Honduras 'El Garrote'

The story of Finca El Garrote is a perfect example of Fidel Paz’s dedication to

the people and ecology of the Santa Barbara region. Paz came into ownership of Finca

El Garrote to prevent his neighbor from clear-cutting protected land for an avocado

farm. Instead of reporting the neighbor, Fidel’s solution was to purchase the land and teach him how to produce coffee instead. 

The name “El Garrote” translates as “The Stick,” which commemorates the dismay of Paz’s neighbor at the sight of only sticks where they had planted coffee a season earlier. Fortunately for Paz’s neighbor, their crop matured as expected, and is now producing delicious coffees that are exemplary of the award-winning Santa Barbara region.