$26.50
Taste: Brazil Nut. Grilled Lemon.
Finish: Dark Chocolate. Leather.
Cold Brew
French Press
Coffee Cupping (Lingle Method)
Cowboy Coffee
Percolator (no paper filter)
Percolator (paper filter)
Chemex
Clever Dripper
Cafe Solo Brewer
1Gallon+ Commercial Batch Brewer
SCA Certified Home Brewer (200°F >5 min brew time)
Cone-shaped Pour-over (metal filters)
Flat Bottom Auto-Drip Coffee Machines with paper filters
Siphon (Yama
Hario Next
Bodum PEBO)
AeroPress (3+ minute brew)
AeroPress (2 minute brew)
Non-Certified Home Brewer with paper filter
Cone-shaped Pour-over Brewers (paper filter)
Moka Pot
Espresso (home machines. Prosumer and better will use a dedicated burr grinder made for espresso grinding.)
AeroPress (1 minute brew)
Turkish coffee
Country:Mexico
Region:Chiapas
Washing Station:Comon Yaj Noptic cooperative,
Producer:Comon Yaj Noptic cooperative,
Elevation:1000 - 1800 MASL
Variety:Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Novo
Process:Washed
We've been sourcing coffee from several different cooperatives in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, along the buffer zone of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, one of the world's most diverse forest reserves. In the highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, the reserve contains Mesoamerica's largest continuous cloud forest, and is a refuge for thousands of plant and animal species. Within this buffer zone is the Comon Yaj Noptic cooperative, which was founded in 1995 by a group of smallholder farmers from indigenous groups in the area. (Comon Yaj Noptic means "all of us think.") Today there are about 160 producer members. The producers here have the advantage of many ideal conditions, including good altitude, obviously a very lush environment, and high-quality coffee varieties like Typica, Bourbon, and Caturra. The grower members are passionate about quality and even though this region is not always thought of for exceptional lots, there is strong microlot potential from the groups we've been partnering with here. The area is very close to the border of Guatemala and that country's famous coffee region Huehuetenango: Some of the best of what we taste from those coffees is possible here as well. The organization earned its organic certificate in 2003 and its Fair Trade certification in 2009. This lot is specifically from the women members of the cooperative with a premium being paid directly to them to contribute to gender equity in the region.