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Quick Facts
All the facts about our Mexico SHG EP Chabela Fairtrade Organic
| Region | Chiapas |
|---|---|
| Producer | various |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Category | Regional |
| Certification | Organic Fairtrade |
| Harvest | from November to 2 |
| Shipping | from 2 to 6 |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 69kg |
Día de los Muertos, this day is one of the most important national holidays in Mexico. Traditionally, it is the remembrance day for the dead. It is not a day of mourning, it is the time when the beloved souls come back for a visit. They decorate the streets and homes with flowers and death symbols like skeletons and the famous colourful skulls, they call “chabelas”. This is the history behind the special bag marks of this powerful coffee.
CAFEMEX S.C. – Cafemex is allocated in Yajalon Chiapas, each producer processes their coffee beans with a manually operated mill. The Cooperative is organized by 1155 small coffee producers, having a total of 2241 hectares. All of the coffee is sun dried on each farm and then delivered to the mill which is located in Comitán. After the selection and the final preparation of the coffee, it goes to Veracruz to be exported.
Origin
Specialty coffee from Mexico
Varieties
Bourbon, Mundo Nuovo, Caturra, Maragogype
Processing methods
Mainly washed
Altitude range
400 – 1600 masl
Harvest
October to March
Total yearly production
Around 4 million 60kg bags 2022/23
Although the best known Mexican coffee comes from the three regions: Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca, there are five states on which 94% of the coffee production is spread out over 700 thousand hectares; this includes the states of Puebla and Guerrero. Over 49 different climatic regions provide a great variety of growing conditions for coffee plants. From humid to dry and from cold to warm, the variation in landscapes, climates and soils differentiate aromas and flavors in the cup. Mexican coffee grows under shade trees that cover around 50% of the plants. Is hand-picked and mainly sun dried.
| Region | Chiapas |
|---|---|
| Producer | various |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Certification | Organic Fairtrade |
| Harvest | from November to 2 |
| Shipping | from 2 to 6 |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 69kg |
Día de los Muertos, this day is one of the most important national holidays in Mexico. Traditionally, it is the remembrance day for the dead. It is not a day of mourning, it is the time when the beloved souls come back for a visit. They decorate the streets and homes with flowers and death symbols like skeletons and the famous colourful skulls, they call “chabelas”. This is the history behind the special bag marks of this powerful coffee.
CAFEMEX S.C. – Cafemex is allocated in Yajalon Chiapas, each producer processes their coffee beans with a manually operated mill. The Cooperative is organized by 1155 small coffee producers, having a total of 2241 hectares. All of the coffee is sun dried on each farm and then delivered to the mill which is located in Comitán. After the selection and the final preparation of the coffee, it goes to Veracruz to be exported.
