Country / District : Mexico, Chiapas, San Luis
Varietal: Tupì
Process: Washed + 32h in tank
Altitude: 1400 - 1600  masl
Tasting notes:  Lemon candy, vanilla, jasmine
 
 
Suggested for: Filter, Moka
 
 
 
 
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Silvia Carolina Herrera Hernández is a second-generation coffee grower and the daughter of a founding member of the local coffee growers’ cooperative, Unión de Ejidos y Comunidades San Fernando. From a young age, Silvia witnessed the positive impact that community work brings to coffee farming. Inspired by this, she has actively promoted collective action on both local and regional levels ever since.
Her farm, Nuevo San Luis, is located in the municipality of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, also known as Coita, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The farm spans 50 hectares, divided into six segments (and or “pantes” as locals call them). These pantes help organize the land and separate different coffee varieties, as the farm is rich in coffee diversity. Each pante is managed by one of the six family members involved in the farm’s daily operations, with Silvia taking the lead. She oversees all technical aspects and handles the physical and sensory analysis of the microlots produced.
Starting in September and October, Silvia and her family begin preparing for the harvest. They employ several workers, whom they strive to retain year-round in order to ensure stable work and adequate living conditions. The harvest typically runs from January through April. Once the hand-selection of ripe cherries is completed, the coffee is weighed, washed, and, depending on the process, either depulped or left to ferment as whole cherry. All coffee on Silvia’s farm is dried on raised beds. After drying, the coffee undergoes multiple rounds of quality analysis through cupping. Silvia is also responsible for the commercialization of her family’s coffee.
Silvia would like to share the following message with her international clients:
“Within the past four years, we have developed the best profile and potential of this coffee, maintained its quality, and worked towards its improvement. We are investing in infrastructure and genetic material so the organization can be constantly acknowledged as a specialty coffee provider.” This coffee is especially meaningful to the Azahar family, as Silvia was one of the first producers from whom we purchased microlots in Mexico.