Mexican Altura Chiapas - Wholesale Coffee

Being light bodied and subtle, Mexico's coffee benefits from a relatively cool climate and plenty of elevation. It's consistently washed processed, but the variety comes from the distinct regional characteristics. Chiapas in particular has a nutty quality with pleasant citrus notes.

REGION : Chiapas, Mexico

VARIETY : Typica, Criollo, Bourbon, Mundo Novo, and Caturra

PROCESS : Fully washed, sun-dried and mechanical driers (guardiolas)

SOIL : Clay minerals

ALTITUDE : 900-1000 masl

ROAST LEVEL : 3/5

AROMA : Graham cracker, sweet, cinnamon

FLAVOR : Dried fruit, soft citrus, chocolate, pecan

ACIDITY : Moderate

BODY : Medium

WHY WE LIKE IT : Very well balanced

RECOMMENDED FOR : Everybody! Harmonious and complex.

Sourced from the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico, where there are mountain ranges that provide higher altitudes and ideal climates for cultivating coffee.  Coffee is cultivated on farms that average just a few acres in size.  With this small scale production, each producer can carefully manage picking and sorting cherries to remove damaged and under ripe cherries. Each producer processes coffee with their own micro-mill where the coffee is depulped and fermented for 24 hours and then washed.  The washed coffee in parchment is dried in the sun on patios before transporting the coffee to a centrally located dry-mill facility where the coffee is hulled and sorted by density and color in preparation for export.