July Edition #2 - Brazil

From Farm to Sample

We are very excited to bring you an incredible cup of coffee from a very well known coffee farm in Mexico. The Finca Las Chicharras farm which translates to “Cicada” in English is well known for taking 5th place in the 2018 “Cup Of Excellence” competition in Mexico. When cupping this coffee it's no surprise that they did so well in this competition. Columbia is known for incredible coffee and to place so well is an incredible feat. This farm started out as an exporter back in 2007 and shipped their first container to the US. They then built a processing plant on the farm in 2013 and became a fully operational farm and exporter in 2015. It's incredible to look at the timeline from when they started to placing in the Cup of Excellence. This speaks to their commitment to producing an incredible cup of coffee in such a short time. Finca Las Chicharras operates not only as an award winning coffee farm, but also as a research and development facility where all farmers who work with the group are invited to learn how to improve their own practices. You can also feel good consuming their coffee because they give back to their employees as well as their community. This farm also houses the Ichthus School, a boarding school for underprivileged children, affordable financing offered to producers, and working with community and government leaders to improve infrastructure, education, and health. The coffee itself goes from being hand picked from trees to an anaerobic fermentation tank for 52 hours before being taken to raised beds for drying. The green coffee beans then spend 12 days drying under the hot Mexican sun followed by 17 more days in a greenhouse. This extensive processing procedure leads to some incredible results you can taste when enjoying this coffee.

“Holy **** this I did not know coffee could taste like this. Would you say it taste like a flower?.”

Alex Z.