This listing is for five (5) pounds of fresh, washed, green, unroasted Mexican Arabica Coffee Beans from Sierra Juarez range of Oaxaca, Mexico.

These came in at the end of July, 2023. They are the freshest you can get until next July or August.

High grown, approximately 5500 ft. above sea level.

 
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The Indigenous Zapotec People of the Sierra Juarez de la Oaxaca (wah-ha-kah) enjoy a rich-coffee producing heritage while maintaining forest biodiversity and continuing their corn-cultivation and seed-saving practices. Rooted in an adherence to nature’s rhythm and connected by ancestral languages and traditions, ethno-botanical diversity has thrived in the heart of Mesoamerica for millennia. Coffee was introduced to Mexico in the 1700s. Zapotec cafeteros grow coffee using intercropping and soil nutrient building methods developed by their ancestors for Maize (corn). This isn’t a casual-relationship between the Zapotec People and the land. Coffee is one of Mexico’s most lucrative exports. Close to half a million small family farms rely on it as a “cash-crop.” Other parts of Mexico and the world have sacrificed precious forest for profit. This means clearing out the native trees and creating a coffee-monoculture. This results in a need for chemical inputs, which has a devastating ripple effect on the land and its inhabitants, and of course the quality of the coffee. However, in the Sierra Juarez, there is a spirit of cooperation and a commitment to soil protection and biodiversity intrinsic to their story that cannot be commodified. Coffee is grown in a traditional poly-culture forest canopy. This means a tri-level canopy of native trees that are intercropped with fruit trees that provide food, habitat for birds, pollinators, beneficial insects, and other wildlife. Coffee beans mature slowly in the shade allowing for a full, rich flavor to develop. Cafeteros (coffee growers) travel by foot from the village to the cafetal (coffee plantation). The finest plump beans are hand-harvested and transported to the village in 50 lb bags on the cafeteros’ backs, or the occasional burro. The pulp is removed from the beans and returned to the cafetal as nutrient rich compost. 

Process: European Processed & Washed Altitude: 1,750 MASL Exporter: Red Fox SCA Quality Score: 88.75 & 86.5 Bag Size: 5 lb Most roasters prefer this with a medium roast so that the full flavors come out and stay with it.


Cupping Notes: Very clean, good acid, sweet notes of orange-citrus, slight hints of brown sugar and cocoa.


Personal tastes vary however, and you should brew your coffee how you enjoy it.


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