Mexico Chiapas Serrano Coffee

Farm: Producers associated with Productores Serranos de café de Motozintla (Serranos)Region: ChiapasProcess: WashedVariety: Bourbon, Typica, CaturraElevation: 1500-1750 masl In Chiapas, the word "Everest" comes to mind when looking to describe this impressive, organic Mexican coffee. Though Productores Serranos de Café de Motozintla has production reaching an impressive 1750 meters above sea level near the El Triunfo biosphere reserve, elevation is not what is being referred to when this coffee is described as an "Everest." Rather, the reference is to the level of difficulty in cultivating heirloom varietals like bourbon using organic practices despite the devastating toll of leaf rust throughout Mexico. Like clockwork though, Serranos has yet again produced the cupping table with the near impossible. Serranos is a group of nearly 200 growers spread throughout 22 communities in the southern end of the Sierra Madre mountain range in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. High elevations and an