Chikon

The Chikon lot is produced by a group of Mazatec indigenous farmers who live in the Sierra de Flores Magón, northern Oaxaca. They cultivate their coffee at elevations ranging from 1,400 to 1,900 meters above sea level. The Mazatec coffee growers utilize traditional polyculture farming methods, where coffee plants are intercropped with fruit and timber trees. This approach helps to preserve the ecosystem, and diversify food resources.

PROCESSING

This lot was processed using a washed technique. Cherry is manually pulped, before being fermented in wooden tanks. The coffee is washed before being fully sundried on patios, usually on top of houses. Smallholders process their coffee themselves and then sell to Ensambles as parchment.

TRACEABILITY

Sourced through Ensambles, a subsidiary of Ensambles Cafes Mexicanos, a Mexican-owned exporter and cafe. Ensambles works year-round with groups of small-scale coffee growers throughout Mexico, providing field training and support from field technicians and coordinators.

Price Paid for Green Coffee (ex. shipping): £10.15/kg
Amount Purchased: 138kg
Harvest: January - May 2024