PRODUCERS: Smallholders
REGION: La Tarralla, Chiapas
VARIETAL: Caturra, Marsellesa, Costa Rica, Marago
PROCESS: Washed
TASTE: Clementine, Butterscotch, Almond

Certified Organic

La Tarralla is a small, remote community in the district of Angel Albino Corzo. This community is one of the highest and most distant in Chiapas. Since the farms are so far from the producers’ homes, the residents usually move into small huts on their farms during harvest. Over the course of several trips per week during harvest, producers carry their coffee on their backs for 2 hours down the mountain, storing it at home. They then ferment in concrete tanks for approximately 24 hours and dry them between 12 and 15 days in cement patios, with length dependent on weather. Producers in the area use the leguminous ice cream bean tree for shade and nitrogen fixing, and fruit trees for shade and organic matter to add to their compost (also made from coffee pulp).

One of the main characteristics of La Tarralla is the sense of unity that exists between its residents. There’s a lot of mutual support between neighbors and a lot of pride in belonging to the La Tarralla community, which, unlike other Mexican coffee communities, still has a large young population dedicated to coffee. Many of the producers in the area are under 30 and see coffee as an ideal livelihood with which they can provide a better future for their children and future generations.

- From Red Fox Coffee Merchants