Mexican FTO Washed Altura Chiapas – BCT Select

Description

A great certified up the wazoo co-op produced Mexican coffee. Whenever I am talking to older coffee drinkers they really seem to have a bad taste for Mexican coffee. Most who remember Mexican coffee 20+ years ago tend to shy away from it. Mexican coffee as a whole has come a very long way over the last 15 years and has been producing awesome cleaner lots well-deserving of a 2nd chance.

Tasting Notes: A great daily drinker! Very nice and chocolaty cup of coffee. A nice clean lemony crispness upfront at the light to medium roasts especially as the cup cools. A little underdeveloped tasting at light roasts (cinnamon to city), really starts coming together around the medium roast points (city+ to full city) and is a very nice dark roast candidate for those who love some complimenting roasty notes. Assuming you roast it a little closer to 2nd crack it will develop a medium body and far reduced acidity but doesn’t loose its sweeter edge. A couple pops into 2nd crack produced still very clear and smooth chocolaty tones without adding over the top roasty notes.

Roasting Notes:  An easy coffee to roast. Medium chaff, nice screen of coffee and pretty even roasting. This cup will mostly appeal to medium and dark roast fans. A little longer setup helps smooth out a bit of acidity if you roast it a bit too light for your preference.

Sociedad de Producción Rural Unión de Ejidos y Comunidades San Fernando, S.P.R. de R.I., an organization operating in the municipalities of San Fernando, Jaltenango de la Paz, Ocozocoautla, Villa Corzo, La Concordia, Siltepec, Angel Albino Corzo, Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, Montecristo, Amatenango and Tuxtla Gutiérrez within the state of Chiapas, Mexico.  The Sociedad de Producción Rural Unión de Ejidos y Comunidades San Fernando has invested in nurseries to support more than 1,300 farmers to renovate their coffee farms.  The organization is also leading efforts to assist their members to make improvements to their houses, and diversification initiatives such as coffee shops, and training programs to use vermicompost that uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into very high quality compost.