HUIPIL

About This Coffee

This coffee is produced by the indigenous Mazateco people in Mexico, a community of smallholder farmers dedicated to natural, chemical-free cultivation. Grown at an altitude of 1,400 to 1,600 meters, this washed coffee features Typica and Bourbon varietals. It is cultivated within a diverse agroforestry system using ancestral techniques. The cup profile is clean and balanced, offering tasting notes of dried apricot, brown sugar, and berries.

Origin

Chiapas (Mexico)

Flavor Notes

Brown Sugar, Berries, Dried Apricot

Roast Level

Medium

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Typica, Bourbón

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Coffee Gems

Ricardo Peña founded Coffee Gems in Chippenham, Wiltshire, drawing on a childhood spent on his grandparents' coffee estate in the Huila region of Colombia. He remembers the plantations blooming with white flowers and his grandmother roasting beans in a copper pot. After more than 15 years in the UK specialty coffee industry, Ricardo built a roastery focused exclusively on coffees scoring 86 or higher on the SCA scale, placing the entire range well above the specialty threshold. Sourcing is hands on, with visits to farmers in Peru and El Salvador, including Cup of Excellence winner Ever Diaz in the Chalatenango region. The roasting approach aims to enhance what the producer has already achieved rather than imposing a house style, and full pricing transparency traces each coffee from farmer to warehouse.

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