Chiapas
Chiapas
12 oz bag
Country: Mexico
Region: Chiapas
Varietal: Bourbon, Catuai, Arabe
Farm: Finca Las Chicharras
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1,250 - 1,600 MASL
Cupping Notes: Stonefruit, Sprite™, Chocolate Malt, Honey
Description: El Mezcal is a beautiful example of the specialty coffee industry taking small scale producers from selling on local markets to being represented for their own individual quality. E-Cafe Chiapas is an organization of growers who started out as an exporter in 2007. They organize this microlot that is produced by 12 small scale growers who had previously sold their coffee into a larger regional blend. E-Cafe hosted the farmers who contribute to El Mezcal at their research farm, Finca Las Chicharras, in 2016 to learn growing and processing techniques for specialty coffee. Then in 2019, the E-Cafe team helped El Mezcal build their own raised beds for drying coffee, as they were previously drying it in their yards. Before getting into the processing and cup profile for this lot, we have to touch on the epic name, “El Mezcal”. Unfortunately it was not named because these 12 producers got together, sang songs, and drank mezcal all night. Last year was our first year bringing in this microlot, and we actually misunderstood where they name came from. On a visit to Chiapas in early 2022, we learned the name comes from a tree called “Mezcal”. In all honesty I cannot find this tree on the internet so there must be another name for it, but it’s an impressively large shade giving tree (size-wise, think a canopied redwood).
This handpicked lot is sent to the fermentation tanks for 24 hours before being washed clean of mucilage. After it’s been washed the coffee is sorted and then put on raised beds in a greenhouse for drying that maintains a temperature of 30-35℃. The coffee will go through destoning next to ensure no foreign matter makes it through the process, and then the coffee is hulled to remove the parchment. With the coffee processed down to green coffee, E-Cafe runs it through a color sorter, and finishes with size grading to be sure that the resulting coffee is uniform and without defects for the best quality across the lot.
El Mezcal is always really clean and sweet on the cupping table. This year we get notes of bright fruity notes of Stonefruit and Sprite™, rounded out with the sweetness of Chocolate Malt and linger of Honey.
At Elissimo Coffee we are meticulous about every part of the coffee process from sourcing, to roasting, to grinding, to brewing.
LOCATION
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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
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Country: Mexico
Region: Tenejapa, Chiapas
Varietal: Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Nuvo
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1600 Meters
Grade: SHG
Certification: Organic, Direct Trade
Cupping: Brown Sugar, Citrus, Peaches, Cream Vanilla
Description: Coffee is Chiapas' most important cash crop with a history from the 19th century. While most coffee is grown in Soconusco, other areas grow it, including the municipalities of Oxchuc, Panthelo, El Bosque, Tenejapa, Chenalho, Larrainzarr, and Chalchihuitan. Many Chiapas coffee farmers are indigenous and grow the coffee under the shade of native trees without the use of chemicals and pesticides. Some of this coffee is even grown in environmentally protected areas, as Chiapas' rainforests are home to thousands of animals and plants, some of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Chiapas is ranked second in forest resources in Mexico, containing nearly 60% of Mexico's tropical tree species. On top of this great biodiversity, high altitudes, steady rain, and volcanic soil all factor into this coffee.
At Elissimo Coffee we are meticulous about every part of the coffee process from sourcing, to roasting, to grinding, to brewing.
We are proud to partner with Blackmarket Bakery, one of the premier bakeries in all of Orange County.
LOCATION
Elissimo Coffee
29941 Aventura Suite E
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
#elissimocoffee #bestdamncoffeersm #ranchosantamargaritacoffee
www.elissimocoffee.com