Mexico unroasted green coffee beans, Chiapas, Fair-Trade Organic

Mexico Chiapas FTO 4 pounds green unroasted coffee beans, Fair Trade Organic cooperative NOTE: These beans are un-roasted. They must be roasted before brewing. About the coffee:
Cupping notes: Citric acidity, full body, smooth and sweet, notes of brown sugar, milk chocolate, and orange
Cultivation: Shade-grown in the Sierra Madre mountains of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border
Varieties: Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Typica
Elevation: 4,800 feet
Processing: Fully washed, mechanically-dried About the people who grow it: This coffee is sourced from the family-owned farms associated with the Tzeltal-Tzotzil Cooperative Production Society, operating in the northern part of Chiapas, Mexico near Guatemala, in the Sierra Madre mountains. Founded in 1986 with 19 partners, the Tzeltal-Tzotzil coop currently has 198 producers from 5 municipalities in the Los Altos de Chiapas region. Despite historically poor infrastructure, unemployment, high illiteracy rates, and low life expectancy in Los Altos de Chiapas, the Tzeltal and Tzotzil indigenous peoples have been making outstanding progress. The production and marketing of honey and coffee have been the main activities of the "tzeltal-tzotzil" cooperative. Exceptional care is taken by producers to depulp, ferment and dry their coffee, which is aided by the use of farm-owned micro mills. Coffee farms from this organization tend to be less than ten acres in size, and produce honey as well as coffee. Farm owners and producers have focused on organic production methods to protect the environment, increase overall quality, and gain higher income to improve the livelihood of their families. The environmental diversity of mountains and valleys provides soil rich with calcium and limestone, creating a high quality coffee product. The Mayan cooperative members use traditional knowledge as their basis for organic farming methods, in addition to trainings financed through Fair Trade premiums. The indigenous Tzotzil- and Tzeltal-speaking highland Mayan peoples constitute the majority of the municipio of Pantelhó—which means "bridge over water" in Tzotzil. The Tzotzil and Tzeltal languages are closely-related languages from the Maya-Quiché family. These two languages are, to some extent, mutually intelligible, and business may be conducted in either . About me: Since 2004 I have been a home coffee-roasting enthusiast, always in search of high-quality, socially-responsible, and environmentally-sustainable green coffee beans. I discovered the best way to do this is nurture relationships with importers who care as much about ethical coffee as I do and to rely on their on-the-ground knowledge of coffee farms around the world. So in 2008, I started buying green coffee in quantity and reselling to home coffee roasters like myself. This little side business has brought me great satisfaction, as I now have ready access to an outstanding variety of coffee myself, and I have helped many other home roasters (even a few micro-roasting businesses) get great coffee for great prices. My guiding principles: All my coffee is grown by farms that pay fair wages, use sustainable agricultural practices, and improve their community. I've traveled to coffee-producing regions, and seen how people live. Growing coffee can and should improve people's lives and respect God's creation. Through my importer, I have direct knowledge of where the coffee comes from, and how that farm operates. I share that information with you here. Buy it fresh, sell it fresh. I buy only from the current crop year, and move it from warehouse to my house to your house as fast as possible. Keep prices low. I'm not in it for the money. I have a full-time job, and this isn't it. Provide prompt and personal customer service. I'll try to answer any questions, and give advice to start-up roasters if you want it. Returns: If you don't get the coffee you ordered, or you found it defective or damaged during shipping, I will gladly offer you a full refund or replacement within 14 days, provided you return the entire defective order. However, since coffee quality is a matter of personal taste, and a great coffee can easily be spoiled by mistakes in roasting, please don't ask for a refund if you just don't like the flavor of the coffee after you roasted it. But rest assured! I don't sell any coffee beans that I haven't roasted myself, brewed, consumed, and greatly enjoyed.

Returns Accepted for this item if it's within 30 Days