Rio Coco Cafes - Coffee in the Caribbean and Florida
Bay Islands, Honduras
Utila is a small island 18 miles off of the north coast of Honduras near La Ceiba, where the Bagby Family lived from 1986 to 2000. We began visiting Utila in 1989 and realized that 'all the world' is coming to Utila for scuba and free diving.
Travelers come to Utila Honduras from all corners of the world: Europe, Israel, Australian, South America, Canada, and the U.S. for scuba diving and to party. Some stay for weeks, others years. Seek the Lamb began an outreach on this Western Caribbean Island to these travelers and the native Utilians in 2011 by building the Rio Coco Cafe on a property strategically located between six dive schools.
We are reaching them through hospitality and a cup of good coffee. Travelers love to talk and the conversations go deep at the Rio Coco Cafe. Many have been touched over the years through the love shown by our team.
Moselle, Naomi & Arielle serving our friends.
Our dear friend Webb- one of the original Utila Pirates
Incredible underwater scenery draws many free and scuba divers to Utila.
Arielle
Seek the Lamb purchased this property in 2014 and through donations and café sales have been able to renovate the building as well as add two bedrooms, an expanded service area, a downstairs kitchen and a third floor apartment for our visiting guests. This renovation opens more opportunities for our ministry to reach “the world” that comes to Utila.
We are serving great coffee in an effort to help fund our school project along the Rio Coco (the border between Honduras and Nicaragua) and as an open door for conversations about the things in life that are important to us.
Our seawall deck and dock.
The back of the Cafe (ground floor) with our living quarters (second floor) and guest apartment on the third floor.
Yes we have fun with our friends at the Rio Coco Cafe.
From the second story deck on the dock - Utila Dive Center is to the left and Utila Free Dive to the right.
Rio Coco Cafe dock with Utila Dive Center dock and boats next door.
Sunsets are special on Utila.
Rio Coco Cafes Vero Beach Florida
Rio Coco Cafe Vero Beach Airport
After we opened the Utila Cafe, we opened our second cafe in Vero Beach Florida at the Vero Beach Airport, which is home to the Piper Aircraft Factory as well as Skyborne Airline Academy and Paris Air Flight School. These two school train pilots from Europe, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, India, Saudi Arabia, and other parts of the world. Like Utila, Vero Beach has a very international crowd. Our cafe ministry has the same goals: Create community through hospitality, good food and coffee, and special events at our cafes.
We have our coffee roastery located at the the Airport Cafe location where we roast and bag 26 different single origin and blends that are served in our cafes and sold through our Rio Coco Beans webstore:
Opening Day, December 5, 2011, in Bay 3
We had three tables, and a very small service area.
Our original team: Mikaela, Arielle, Lukas and Moselle preparing breakfast.
Our Roasting Room in the back
Our first Dance Party 2012
In 2014 we expanded into Bay 4 & 5- triple our original space!
Christmas Party 2015
We hosted many classes of Swiss Air and Swiss Air Force pilots being trained in Vero.
The Winners! Tony & Olivia & Isaiah Asaph
Rio Coco Cafe Vero Airport Sunset Room
Our Roastery has also grown with a green coffee room with 15 different single origin coffees that we roast.
We have Diedrich IR-12 Roaster that is a revolutionary roaster
Famous singers Tom and Nutie Keogh have provided music to many in Hawaii, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Florida.