Mexico Chiapas Siltepec

The Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range cuts across a good portion of Central America, and is home to countless coffee farms in Mexico's southern Chiapas region. The area is made up of mostly small scale coffee farmers, many with just a couple hectares of land. The coffee that makes up this lot is pulled from higher altitude zones in Siltepec, spanning a range of 1500 to 1900 meters above sea level. Most of the farms are planted in older Typica and Bourbon types, with Caturra, and Catuaí cultivars mixed in. Each farmer processes their own coffee at home using small depulping equipment (motorized or hand-crank), fermenting in cement tanks, and then typically drying the coffee on rooftop patios. The coffee is well-balanced, and crowd-pleasing, and one you can develop to a wide range of roast levels.