Mexican Coffee: A Gallery and FAQ about coffee from Mexico

Chiapas and Oaxaca have always been considered the largest growing regions by volume, and with the best quality. Nayarit and Vercruz also are significant coffee regions.

There isn’t one flavor profileFlavor Profile implies a graphical impression of a particular coffee, whether it be an artistic portrait or data graph of the perception of flavor compounds. In the case... for the various regions of Mexico, but historically Mexican coffee is wet-processed, and has a clean light-bodied cup with mild acidityAcidity is a positive flavor attribute in coffee, also referred to as brightness or liveliness. It adds a brilliance to the cup, whereas low acid coffees can seem...; it’s a nice crowd-pleasing coffee, neither too complexThe co-presence of many aroma and flavor attributes, with multiple layers. A general impression of a coffee, similar to judgments such as "balanced" or "structured" or imbalanced and funky.

They can have many similarities in some cases, especially in the south of Chiapas that in on the border with GuatemalaGuatemalan coffee is considered a top quality coffee producer in Central America. Due to our proximity to Guatemala, some of the nicest coffees from this origin come to.... In this case, you can stand in Chiapas and see the region of Cuilco, Huehuetenango just across the valley. Clearly the tree doesn’t have a nationality so it’s actually strange that coffee farms within sight of each other can be sold as being from different places, one a Mexico Chiapas and one a Guatemala Cuilco !

Mexican coffee used to be more prominent in the US market for many reasons, but partly because it was so near by! And when there was civil unrest in other countries, like El SalvadorEl Salvador coffee had an undeservingly poor reputation for years, marred mostly by the inability to deliver coffee of high quality in an unstable political climate. Unfortunately, agriculture... or Guatemala or NicaraguaNicaraguan coffees from the Segovia, Jinotega, Ocotal and Matagalpa regions are nice balanced cups. They often possess interesting cup character along with body and balance, outperforming many other..., Mexico was a reliable source. Increasingly small-holder coffee in Mexico was offered as Fair TradeFair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach... OrganicGrown without the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides, etc.: Organic coffee has been grown according to organic farming techniques, typically without the use of artificial fertilizers. Some farms... (FTOFTO is shorthand for a coffee that is certified as both Fair Trade and Organic.) coffee in the 90s and on, and more of that likely went to Europe or to commercial Fair Trade blends. The large, old farms started producing less as the generation of coffee farmers died, and their heirs did not want to be coffee farmers. In some cases the land was more valuable for other crops or to be sold for development. Lastly, the coffee rust fungusRust Fungus is a big problem in Colombia and beyond, found in many coffee producing countries. Known as La Roya in the Americas, this disease diminishes fruit production... La RoyaCastillo is a selection of the Colombia cultivar that has become the most commonly grown coffee in Colombia. It is preferred to the older resistant variety, Variedad Colombia... (CLR) took a heavy toll on Mexican coffee production.