tasting notes: cactus fruit, plum, green grape, cacao, and baking spice
processing: washed elevation: 1,600masl variety: typica, yellow bourbon
region: Triunfo Verde Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas
Long before Rafael Solis was growing the towering typica and yellow bourbon varieties surrounding his home in the Triunfo Verde Biosphere Reserve, he was a trail guide and steward who led tourists through this protected land. That deep familiarity shows — he moves through his acres like it's in his blood, and every plant, from the lemon trees to the coffee, thrives under a dense canopy of shade.
The coffee cherries here are harvested, washed, and dried by hand with water pumped from the river. The closest road is a three-mile hike, so the coffee goes out by donkey and motorbike. It's a labor of love that requires more physical work than almost any farm we've visited, and the cup reflects it: balanced and structured, with cactus fruit, plum, green grape, cacao, and a warm thread of baking spice.
