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Green (Unroasted) El Rio – 2nd place Mexico Cup of Excellence – Competition Series

Green (Unroasted) El Rio – 2nd place Mexico Cup of Excellence – Competition Series

Café Kreyol

About This Coffee

This coffee is the 2nd place winner of the 2025 Cup of Excellence Mexico Experimental Category, scoring 89.39 points. It is sourced from Finca "El Río" in Mexico, operated by Gema Magali Posadas Manzano and her family. The farm grows the Marsellesa variety at altitude, using sustainable practices including selective harvesting, water conservation, and shade drying on African beds. The family has implemented controlled anaerobic fermentation experiments and microbial inoculation during processing to enhance quality. This is a green (unroasted) coffee bean product.

Origin

El Río (Mexico)

Flavor Notes

Roast Level

Processing

Anaerobic Fermentation

Typology

Arabica
Marsellesa
CK

Café Kreyol

Café Kreyol was founded in January 2012 when its founder travelled from Northern Virginia to Haiti to scout coffee growing regions, starting with 200 producers and growing the supply chain to 2,800 people by 2024. The roastery operates a Loring S70 Peregrine from a 10,000 square foot facility in Manassas, Virginia that includes a production roastery, green coffee warehouse, cupping lab, and classrooms. All coffees are USDA Organic certified, sourced through direct trade partnerships with Haitian producers including COOPACVOD, Haiti's oldest running cooperative with over 850 members. The company pays farmers up to 300% above Fair Trade minimums and invests over $1 million annually in Haiti. Café Kreyol won Roast Magazine's 2023 Roaster of the Year award in the macro category, and the business has more than doubled in size since.

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