Chiapas, Mex

From the Highlands of Chiapas, Mex. Comes this beautiful and delicious coffee. Grown and harvested by the Tzeltal people of Kulaktik. Over 150 members of smallholder coffee growers in the Central Highlands of Chiapas. Each smallholder farmer maintains Fair Trade and Organic certifications; and grows, harvests, and processes the coffee at their farm before sending it to the co-op facilities for the final stages of grading before it is exported. The majority of the farmers are indigenous Tzeltal (Mayan) people who have historically occupied the Chiapas highlands and still speak the language today. The name of the co-op "Kulaktik" means "Vine" in the native Tzeltal language.

Country: Mexico

Region: Tenejapa, Central Highlands, Chiapas

Cooperative: Kulaktik

Varieties: Typica, Bourbon, Caturra

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 1100-1550 m.a.s.l.