PRODUCER
Cesmac Cooperative
REGION
Chiapas, Mexico
ELEVATION
1200-1750m
VARIETAL
Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Novo
HARVEST
March 2024
PROCESS
Washed
SOURCING PARTNERS
Café Imports
ORIGIN SUSTAINABILITY BONUS
(Relative to Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide low point)
93%
ROAST LOSS
~12% at 10.5min
VISUAL
Medium/Light Roast
ACIDITY
Rounded
BODY
Smooth
CERTIFICATION
Organic, Fair Trade

BAG DESIGN ARTIST
Romain (Paulaz Gallery)
ORIGINAL WORK
Mixed Media

ADDITIONAL INFO
The cup quality from the Cesmac Cooperative has been solid year after year. They commercialize their coffee through a third party, allowing them to do what they do best—produce solid coffee, which they sure can do because they have all the conditions such as heirloom coffee varieties (Bourbon, Typica), great altitude (1200–1750masl), and passionate coffee growers who want to produce high-quality lots. The location is extremely close to the Guatemala border and Huehuetenango.

Cafe Imports, along with the cooperative, invested in a quality-control program. An assessment was made to clearly determine which factors most impact of cup quality such as: varieties, fertilization, picking, processing, and lot selection. This ongoing assessment assists the cooperative in lot selection in order to increase the overall quality of the coffee they are producing and gives feedback to the producers on their quality.

CESMACH has nearly 500 active members and has been managed by Sixto Bonilla. Sixto is very quality-focused and driven to empower his cooperative community with the tools and resources to produce better quality.

The farms of CESMACH are located in the buffer zone of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, which is in the highlands of the Sierra Madre. it is one of the most diverse forest reserve areas in the world and contains Mesoamerica's largest cloud forest, as well as a protected natural environment for thousands of plant and animal species. All of the coffee produced here is shade-grown.