Coffee Of The Week
Mexico Chiapas Bella Vista Mayan Harvest
I’ve been taking a break from this newsletter, with all of our summer shenanigans: baseball, ballet, backpacking and camping. My schedule has been a bit all over the place, and although I have started several emails, none of them have been finished. But today we had such an exciting occurrence that I had to jump on here and share this coffee with you.
Dave had chosen our coffee of the week, our new Mexico Chiapas Bella Vista Mayan Harvest, and moved it over near the roaster, ready to go. Who should walk into the store next, than the exporter of that exact coffee, Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia. She was passing through town on her way to Truckee, and just happened to see a coffee roaster and stopped in. How’s that for serendipity? It was meant to be.
Rosalba grew up near Bella Vista, in Chiapas, Mexico, and comes from generations of coffee farmers. She lives in Oakland now, although she travels to Chiapas for several months for the harvest each year. It is her passion to market the beautiful Mexican coffees that she grew up with. She wants to provide quality coffee with traceability back to the farmers, and she does this by exporting it herself. You can find her website here: mayanharvestcoffee.com, and an interview that she did with Royal Coffee here.
We’re excited to share this coffee with you, and you can know that it was hand selected by small farmers in Chiapas. It’s a beautiful cup, with notes of toasted walnuts, creamy caramel and milk chocolate. A couple of our employees pronounced it their new favorite. We hope you enjoy this coffee, and continue to learn more about the farmers and exporters who work so hard for your daily cup. Cheers!
–Holly Fike
Coffee Coupon
