Chiapas, Mexico
Coffee production in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas goes back to the 18th century. Chiapas lushy and mountainous environment offers exceptional conditions for coffee agriculture, with plots altitude ranging from 1300 to 2000 masl. Originally a dominant bourbon arabica region, local farmers turned massively to organic farming practices and introduced new crops from Central America over the last decade to improve plantations resistance to coffee rust while maintaining terroir cup profile of chocolate taste and clean acidity. In 2021, Mexico was the second biggest producer of organic coffee in the world.
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Every year, millions of hectares of forest are cleared to make way for agriculture. To address this, the EU has passed new rules to ensure that several major commodities, including coffee, can only...
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Under the Canopy: Shade, Sun and Why Context Matters in Coffee
There is no single right way to grow coffee. The right approach depends on climate, variety, management and, crucially, the livelihoods of the people who run the farm. Labels like “shade-grown” can...
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10 Questions you've always wanted to ask a Coffee Roaster
We teamed up with Ante Bikic, our Head Roaster at Amokka since 2019, to ask him some of the most common questions we get about coffee. With a calm, technical focus, he draws on nearly 20 years of e...
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