Mexico Cristal

PROCESS: WashedVARIETY: Bourbon, Typica, Mundo NovoELEVATION: 1,000-1,800 metersROAST: MediumBODY: FullNOTES: Coffee liqueur, cherry and tropical fruit with balanced acidity and mild sweetness. As throughout most of Mesoamerica, Mexico was first planted in coffee during early colonial times, most likely in the late 18th century. Due to the greater attention paid to the region's rich mineral deposits and mining opportunities, coffee didn't really develop as an industry until later, especially coming into its own in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the redistribution of farms after independence and the emergence of smallholder farmers, specifically those of indigenous origin. In the late 20th century, the Mexican government established a national coffee institution called INMECAFE, which, like the FNC in Colombia and ICAFE in Costa Rica, was developed in order to offer technical assistance, botanical information and material, and financial credits to producers. Unfortunately,