Comayagua

Comayagua is the coffee region of central Honduras, where tropical forest, pine and cloud forest share the mountains. Its coffee is citrusy, with lively acidity and a creamy body, and in 2024–25 Comayagua department grew more coffee than any other in the country. It also has the country’s worst rust.

The short version

• Central Honduras, at about 1,100–1,700 m.
• Citrus and sweetness, lively acidity and a creamy body.
• The biggest coffee department: about 16% of the national crop in 2024–25.
• Harvest from December to March.
• The worst rust in Honduras in March 2026, at 14%.

What does Comayagua coffee taste like?

Citrus and sweet. The Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE) describes the region’s cup as having a sweet, citrus fragrance, lively acidity, a creamy body and citrus, sweet flavours.

Where is it grown?

In the centre of the country, in the departments of Comayagua and Francisco Morazán, according to IHCAFE’s profile, in a landscape of tropical forest, pine and cloud forest. Part of Comayagua department also belongs to the Montecillos region, home of Café Marcala.

IHCAFE’s profile for the region:

	Comayagua
Altitude	1,100–1,700 m
Rainfall	1,350–1,700 mm a year
Temperature	16–22 °C
Shade	Inga, fruit and timber trees
Varieties	Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Lempira
Harvest	December–March

Source: IHCAFE, as published by El Heraldo, December 2023.

How much coffee does it grow?

More than any other department. In 2024–25 Comayagua department grew 986,428.90 quintales of 46 kg, about 756,000 60 kg bags and 15.9% of the national crop, according to IHCAFE’s harvest report. With Copán and Lempira, it grew 46% of Honduras’s coffee. These are department figures: the department is split between the Comayagua and Montecillos regions, and IHCAFE’s region also takes in part of Francisco Morazán.

Coffee leaf rust

Comayagua’s weak spot. By March 2026, rust incidence in Comayagua had reached 14.08%, the highest of any department and well above the national 8.44%, USDA reports. Francisco Morazán, the region’s other department, was at 6.01%. USDA puts the national rise down to the weather and to harvest workers moving between farms.

Comayagua and other Honduran origins

• Coffee in Honduras: the whole country, its six regions and its harvest.
• Marcala (Montecillos): the neighbouring region and its denomination of origin.
• Copán: the chocolatey coffee of the west.