- Country – Mexico
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Region – Sierra Mazateca
- Farm – Yoloxochitlán
- Varietal – Typica, Mundo Novo, Bourbon
- Process – Washed
- Cup Score – 85
- Altitude – 1600 - 1850 masl
Tasting Notes:
Apricot, White Sugar, Black Tea, Elderflower Syrup
Farm Overview:
Yoloxochtilán is one of the larger towns in the Sierra Mazateca region. This lot is composed of coffees from several producers located in and around the Yoloxochitlán area.
The Mazateca is located in the state of Oaxaca, one of the most diverse states in México, both biologically and culturally. The Mazateca gets its name from the presence of the indigenous group, the Mazatec, which is a name that translates to “the deer people”.
The land is found between the regions from La Cañada and the Papaloapán Valley, at the northern tip of the state of Oaxaca. As part of the Sierra Madre Sur and the Sierra Oriental, the land is surrounded by high mountains, cliffs, and hills of mainly mesophile forest, bathed by constant rains, and the intermittent presence of mist.
The Mazateca is an important indigenous region where 92% of the population speaks an indigenous language, mostly Mazatec, with a few Nahuatl and Mixtec speakers also. The locals show a connection to their ancestry through their celebrations and traditions, such as celebrations for each town patron, day of the dead, local seed sowing traditions, and many others.
There is an important tradition of coffee growing in this region. The steep landscape makes for hard work but is also the reason for the outstanding cup quality, which for a long time got lost in huge blends.
The weather, the land, and the producers together generate extraordinary coffees in this region. The varieties mainly cultivated are Typica, Mundo Novo and Caturra. The large amount of work for gathering and cupping samples and the microlots turns out to be absolutely worth the effort due to the complexity of the coffees that this region produces. This is undeniably one of the most impressive coffee producing regions we work in, in Mexico.