Mexico | Cerro De Arena

WHY WE LIKE IT

This coffee has everything that we are looking for from a Mexico coffee, a rich dark chocolate character with subtle fruit notes that are very present but not in-your-face.

- Thomas Warmath, Director of Operations

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WHY IT MATTERS

Now that we've been roasting coffees from Mexico for a couple of years and have seen how much people love them, we've got a good sense of what we're looking for. The result is that this is our first coffee from Mexico that was purchased as a "forward contract." In short, this means that we worked with an importer who has relationships with farmers in Oaxaca and agreed to buy a certain amount coffee months before the coffee had even made it to the US. This matters, because the more coffee a farmer or co-op has sold before it's time for export, the more they can focus on quality with a sense of personal economic stability, reducing the anxiety of wondering whether they'll be able to sell their coffee once it's harvested and processed.

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FINE PRINT

• Tasting Notes: Melon, Dark Chocolate, Pear
  
• Region: , Mexico
  
• Producer: Coocentral
  
• Cultivar: Caturra, Variedad Colombia, Castillo
  
• Process: Washed
  
• Elevation: 1200-2000M