Carlos Maldonado’s story began on a coffee farm in Honduras, where he grew up surrounded by miles of crops and the hard work of his parents and grandparents.

Today, his dream of bringing his family's business to the United States thrives in Savannah, Georgia, at Starbeans Coffee Roasters, a business he founded in 2018 that connects his family’s roots from Honduras to Savannah. Advertisement

"My dream since childhood was to export and open more doors for my parents' and grandparents' farm," Maldonado said. "To create opportunities to commercialize our product. Now it's a reality, and I couldn't be more thankful."

Maldonado said the name "Starbeans" is inspired by the five stars on the Honduran flag and the beans harvested on his family’s 25-acre coffee farm. He said not only getting to

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