Edelmira Coffee brings together 35 families of producers with small-scale farms in the heart of the UNESCO “El Triunfo” Biosphere Reserve, at the altitudes of the Chiapas Sierra Madre in Mexico. In this environment of rich vegetation, these producers implement agroforestry, cultivating coffee under the natural shade of trees. Over the past decade, the high cost of fertilizers combined with the protected biosphere status has shaped them into specialists in nature-harmonized agriculture.

Traditionally, local producers sold their annual harvest to middlemen known as “coyotes,” who would resell the green coffee multiple times, mixing the cherries from “El Triunfo” with lower quality products. As a result, producers did not receive fair compensation for their efforts.

In 2020, the producers collaborated with Edelmira to improve both processing and marketing. Throughout the year, they received support from agronomists to enhance their practices for perfect harvesting and to upgrade the processing of the coffee beans. The result of this collaboration is “Flor Primavera.”

Regarding the processing:

Ripe cherries are hand-picked and delivered every afternoon to the farm's wet mill. The cherries float in water, and are sorted by density, while any impurities are removed. Next, the cherries are pulped, and the pulped beans are transferred to concrete tanks for wet fermentation in water for 18 hours, while the skin and pulp of the cherries are recycled to create a natural fertilizer for the plantations. After fermentation, the coffee is fully washed in water channels and then the parchment coffee is dried on patios exposed to the open air for 10 to 15 days, until it reaches the desired moisture content of 11.5%.

 

Origin: Chiapas Sierra Madre, Mexico

Lot: Flor de Primavera

Altitude: 1350 – 1700 masl

Variety: Bourbon & Caturra

Processing: Fully washed

Cup profile: Sweet – creamy – gelato vanilla, balance – smooth

Suggested for: Espresso

Espresso recipe:

In: 19.5 gr

Out: 39 gr

Time: 26 sec