Mexico Organic - Yajalon Microlot

Roaster’s Thoughts

These are excellent organic beans from our neighbors. Not only are they some of the finest beans available, but by purchasing them from Mexico, you are assured of a very low carbon footprint. These beans have the shortest distance to California, hence the least fossil fuel to transport them. These beans only had to jump across the border, no further.

Bean Region > Altos de Chiapas, Mexico

Yajalon, Mexico's organic farming system, is performed under partial shade of native trees. Intercropped with coffee are also beans, bananas, pumpkins, and citrus fruits. As an organic group, fertilizers are made of cherry coffee pulp, dry leaves, and wood ashes. The coffees are picked ripe, de-pulped, and fermented between 12-17 hours, washed, and then sun-dried on farmers’ yards or zarandas in order to deliver the best qualities and high-end profiles.

Yajalón is a municipality located in the Tulijá Tzeltal Chol region, nowadays comprised of more than 37 thousand inhabitants, most of them from Tzeltal indigenous origins. Cajpe (coffee in Tzeltal) is the main economic activity in the communities and is the main link for the community with the international markets. Coffee being the main cash-crop, is often produced with food staples like corn, beans, and spicy chilies mainly for consumption.