Mexico Roberto Aquilar

Kiwi, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Oolong Tea - $22.00/lb $14.50/10oz $48.40/Kilo $110.00/5lb Oaxaca, Mexico   Connect This coffee comes to us from Roberto Aquilar, owner of Llano Grande (“large plains”) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Aquilar has been a coffee producer all his life, beginning by learning his agricultural techniques from his father and continuing a family legacy rooted in tradition. Aquilar maintains his own washing station at home, allowing him to have control of all aspects of production from growing his coffee among native shade species to drying the coffee on the roof of his home. Although Aquilar has had years of experience cultivating coffee, he is still relatively new to specialty coffee production. For years, this area of Oaxaca was known for producing high volumes of coffee, although not necessarily of the highest quality, primarily selling to opportunistic commercial exporters. That began to change in 2022 when Roberto partnered with a boutique importer and began receiving their