The Jaguar - La Tribu Cooperative, Chiapas

Origin: Mexico
Region: Jaltenango
Producer: Associated Cooperatives Café la Tribu
Variety: Bourbon, Typica, Caturra
Height: 1500 – 1800 meters above sea level
Cultivation: Sustainable, under shade of trees.
Process: Washing
Roasting: Half
Punctuation: 84
Grades: Chocolate, Plum, Hazelnut.

THE COFFEE OF CHIAPAS

Chiapas coffee is considered one of the best in Mexico and the world, thanks to the region's natural conditions: temperate climate, volcanic soils, and altitudes ranging from 800 to over 1,700 meters above sea level. Chiapas is the main coffee producer in Mexico (over 40% of the national production). It has a Designation of Origin, which guarantees authenticity and quality. It is also a leader in organic coffee, with a large portion of its harvest certified and exported.

Chiapas coffee is distinguished by its aromatic character, with bright acidity and sweet, complex flavors, ideal for both filtered methods (such as V60, Chemex, or French press) and espresso.

LA TRIBU COOPERATIVE

Café la Tribu is a network of cooperatives that work in a coordinated manner with a common main objective: to make coffee farming a dignified form of progress and development for the families who depend on this crop in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.

The Fundadores, Reserva 1920, and Cafés Especiales SPR coffee cooperatives participate in this network. Together, they bring together 539 farming families with a production capacity of approximately 23,240 Qq (about 57,000 acres) on 1,907 hectares. They cultivate their crops in harmony with Mother Nature, using an organic production system, with coffee plantations managed under diverse shade.

These plots are located (1,500 - 1,800 meters above sea level) within the buffer zone of a Protected Natural Area (PNA) & El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. The song of the quetzal, a sacred bird to the Aztecs and Mayans, can be heard among mountains covered in fog-shrouded forest. This southeastern corner of the country is one of the few places where you can see this bird fly, the one that inspired the myth of the feathered serpent that has so marked the country's culture. The quetzal (in addition to the jaguar, ocelot, tapir, and the thousands of species that depend on these ecosystems) was key to this area, of almost 120,000 hectares, being declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1990. Much of the natural wealth is due to the amount of water that circulates through the region. The tree-filled mountains act as a sponge, absorbing all the humidity from the Pacific Ocean, resulting in large amounts of fog and rain.

These geographical conditions favor the production of high-quality coffee, with higher yields and improved characteristics in terms of acidity, aroma, and body.