good sweetness and full of a floral nutty chocolaty tones. Lighter roasts add accentuate the crisp floral but risk some underdeveloped notes if way light. Medium to just before 2nd crack will produce smooth defined and balanced cups, the sweet spot as they say.
This is an excellent fresh reserve lot from Terruno Nayarita. One of the most trackable and sustainable Mexican coffees (and tasty!) . It sourced by Burman Coffee which has developed their relationship for going on 17 seasons now. This is lot GTN7103017 , tracking information available on Track Your Coffee website.
Gathered around an extinct volcano, Cerro San Juan, a committed group of 260 cooperative coffee farmers are working together to produce arguably the best coffee in Mexico. Terruño Nayarita coffees come from heirloom trees. The word ‘Terruño’ means ‘homestead’. These are farmers that take great pride in their coffee. At an average of 2.5 hectares (6 acres) per farmer, these tiny estates are well below the average of 3.5 hectares per farm in Mexico. And far below other countries – Brazil’s average size is about 7.5 hectares, large Brazilian fazendas can be 300-500+ hectares.
Most of the growers are clustered around an extinct volcano called Cerro San Juan, just west of Nayarit’s capitol Tepic. They cultivate shade-grown coffee on steep slopes isolated from civilization by eroded treacherous roads. Most of them have installed simple wet mills on the roofs of their houses or built into the hillsides, utilizing gravity to lessen the labor. Then final processing, sorting, and bagging is done at a centralized cooperative dry mill.
San Cristobal Coffee Importers takes great care to find and produce excellent coffee, making sure farmers use safe, sustainable shade techniques and provide a fair wage to the workers.
- Origin: Mexico
- Region: Nayarita
- Producer: Terruño Nayarita
- Altitude: 900-1100m
- Cultivars: 32% Catuai, 49% Caturra, 16% Criollo (Typica), 3% Mundo Novo.
- Processing: Washed
- Sourcing: Burman Coffee