Mexican

100% ORGANIC, FAIR TRADE, SHADE-GROWN COFFEE BETTER BEANS Grown in the tropical rainforests that characterize the Chiapas region, this delicate coffee offers a light to medium body with mild acidity. Exceptionally complex and flavorful, this Mexican coffee offers a balanced cup with overtones of spices and fruit.  FAIRER MEANS Fair Trade certification enables the farmers who grow our coffees to keep their family-owned farms and benefit from economic and educational programs, while growing a great organic crop. Our coffees are also grown in the shade of the forest canopy—preserving ancient forests and natural habitat for innumerable species of plants and animals. Mexican coffee cooperatives emerged in the mid- and late-eighties, when the Mexican coffee industry was in crisis. Coffee prices were so low that many small-scale farming families could not survive. In response to the Mexican coffee crisis, 16,000 small-scale farmers came together to address the situation collectively. They cre