Organic Mexico Chiapas

facts

• Origin: Chiapas, Mexico
• Certification: organic
• Roast level: medium
• Roaster: not named on the bag

location: Chiapas

Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state, bordering Guatemala, and its highlands supply most of the country’s exported arabica. Coffee there is largely grown by smallholders in cooperatives, often under shade at moderate elevation, which is part of why Chiapas lots show up so often with organic certification.

Grocery-shelf Chiapas coffee at a medium roast tends toward the gentle end of the Mexican profile: cocoa, nut, and soft acidity rather than the bright fruit of a washed Kenya. Worth noting against the light-roast Kenyas that dominate the rest of this log.