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Cafés / North America

Cafés to visit in Honduras

11 cafés in 6 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.

Local tradition

Café San Rafael

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Local tradition · Edificio San Rafael, Av. Centro América, Copán Ruinas

The Guerra family grows, processes and roasts its own high-altitude coffee and also makes European-style farmstead cheeses. The patio and garden near the Maya ruins are a nice place for coffee and a cheese board.

Order: Farm coffee · Cheese board

Café Welchez & Finca Santa Isabel

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Local tradition · Corner of the town square, Copán Ruinas

Don Raúl Welchez bought Finca Santa Isabel in the early 1950s and his sons still run it. Drink the coffee on Copán's square, or take the farm tour from nursery to processing and roasting, with a traditional Honduran lunch.

Order: Welchez coffee on the square

💡 Farm tours leave Copán Ruinas at 8:00 and 14:00 by reservation.

Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.

Aroma Café Marcala

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Local tradition · since 2010 · Marcala, La Paz

Opened in 2010 as the first coffee shop in the Marcala growing region, this family business wanted coffee communities to drink the great coffee they grow. It grows, processes, roasts and brews its own beans and buys from neighbouring farms.

Order: Marcala coffee from the family farm

Specialty

Spirit Origin Coffee

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Specialty · First Bight main road, opposite the viewpoint, Roatán

A coffee destination on one of the highest points of Roatán with panoramic island views. It runs a working roastery, a coffee omakase featuring Cup of Excellence lots, and a restaurant using Honduran ingredients.

Order: Coffee omakase

💡 Book the omakase ahead.

Cafeteo Los Próceres

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Specialty · Bulevar Los Próceres, 21 Avenida NO, San Pedro Sula

Calls itself the first specialty coffee shop and roaster in Honduras; a Giesen roaster works inside the shop so you can watch the roasting. All bread is baked in-house and the 85-seat café has a terrace.

Order: Fresh-roasted espresso · In-house bread

The Golden Pig

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Specialty · Boulevard Los Próceres, San Pedro Sula

A San Pedro Sula café that roasts beans from Honduras's best regions and serves a menu of nostalgic, made-from-scratch dishes. It ranked 13th on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list for North and Central America.

Order: Honduran pour-over · Comfort-food brunch

Coffee Colors

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Specialty · Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán

Siblings Douglas and Marlith opened this café in western Honduras, using colours to explain the range of coffee flavour profiles. Visits teach about origins, farms, processes and coffee-cherry by-products.

Order: Find your 'colour' at the coffee bar

Estucafé

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Specialty · José Víctor Contreras, Santa Rosa de Copán

A roastery, coffee shop and academy specialising in quality control. Staff explain coffees from different regions, processes and varieties at the table, and the academy trains young people for coffee careers.

Order: Guided tasting of regional coffees

Aromas Café 1324

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Specialty · since 2018 · Plaza Ciudad Nueva, Tegucigalpa

Opened on 8 December 2018, Aromas serves coffee from the owners' family farm, Finca El Sompopero in Lempira. Its team has won the Honduras AeroPress Championship and placed fourth in the world final.

Order: AeroPress of Finca El Sompopero coffee

Cafetano

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Specialty · Av. Juan Lindo, Redondel Las Minitas, Tegucigalpa

A tribute to Honduran coffee and its producers, Cafetano serves only Honduran beans from the country's best regions. It ranked 17th on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list for North and Central America.

Order: Honduran single origin on filter

Café Nativo & Roastery

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Specialty · Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

A 100% Honduran company that buys directly from farmers, roasts and runs the whole chain itself. It ranked eighth on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list for North and Central America.

Order: Honduran espresso · Filter coffee

Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.

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