Open Eye Café Owner Works with Honduran Coffee Association (IHCAFE), to help implement quality control & sustainability.

“The 16 day program allowed an overview of the entire spectrum of the Coffee industry in Honduras…”

[Carrboro] – Scott Conary, co-owner of Open Eye Café & the Carrboro Coffee Company (Chapel Hill & Carrboro’s only coffee roasting company…it doesn’t get more local), has recently finished a volunteer trip to Honduras to aid & work with the Honduran Coffee Association (IHCAFE). The goals of the project were many, and include increasing coffee producer (farmer) coffee quality knowledge, to give them a bargaining position when talking price and quality; instruction in technique and knowledge in coffee roasting, brewing and espresso extraction at the producing and retail level, as well as marketing. Finally, the hope was to get a comprehensive overview of the entire coffee industry in Honduras and create programs for future work to be done to further coffee quality and sustainability.

Join Scott as he presents stories and pictures from this remarkable journey at the Open Eye Café on Thursday, August 16th at 7pm, in the Side Room. Refreshments will be served, and an informal Q&A will follow.