Sierra Negra Gesha Honey (Mexico)

COUNTRY: Mexico LOT: Sierra Negra Community HoneyPRODUCER (GROUP): Escuela de Campo Sierra NegraREGION: Mazatec, Puebla, Sierra NegraPARTNER: SINCE 2023 ALTITUDE (MASL): 1300 - 1620 VARIETALS: Typica, Bourbon, Marsellesa, Obata, GeshaTASTING NOTES: Peanut butter, graham cracker, cocoa, lemon, hazelnut PROCESSING: Honey Diana Rivera Castro’s father collected coffee from the Nahuatl communities in Sierra Negra, Puebla. As a child she would ride the truck with her father and get to know all the families. As she grew up she got interested in roasting, cupping, and agronomy. After school she applied for and got hired by the state as a community coffee technician in charge of organizing and supporting three different ‘field schools’ throughout her region. Ojo de Agua, La Cubmbre and La Guacamaya. Since her involvement these groups have come together to export their coffee for the first time in 2023 under the Good Coffee Program, after which they formed into a cooperative. Before coffee, to s