Based just north of Oaxaca City, Sierra Juarez is home to Café El Zapoteco, an association of 180 coffee producing families from three towns.
It's a close knit community where neighbours help to harvest each others crops. Farms vary from 0.5 to 5 hectares, but most are relatively small at under 1 hectare on average.
Each producer is paid for their harvest above the market price on the spot. Following this are additional payments for premium quality that typically result in 10 x the earnings of selling on the open market.
The coffee is de-pulped one day after harvest, then ferments between 12 and 36 hours. Drying takes place on rooftops under direct sunlight, but the air is cool and misty so the process is steady and yields well balanced results.
Mexico Café El Zapoteco Nº 239 (VR Experience)
From £13.50
Tastes Like:
Date, Milk Chocolate & Clove
Roast:
The smallholders of Zapoteca, led by Romulo Chavez are producing some of the regions best coffees. The community is close knit, and each farming Read more
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Oaxaca, Mexico
Process
Washed
Producers
180 Smallholders
Grown
Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca
Altitude
1300m - 1700m
Varietals
Typica, Mundo Novo, and Bourbon
Ash says...
This coffee really shines through a little milk, something like a piccolo or cortado.
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