Mountain landscape in Chiapas, Mexico, photographed by Beneficio Edelmira

Seedling care in Beneficio Edelmira's coffee nursery

Ripe red Maragogype cherries on a coffee branch

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Don Abraham

149,00 kr

Don Abraham Sánchez grows this Maragogype on a remote, two-hectare plot at 1,700 metres in the mountains of Chiapas, on the edge of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Grown under shade in an agroforestry system and processed as a natural lot at Beneficio Edelmira, it offers a different expression of the variety from our washed Mexico Maragogype.

We find this to be an intense coffee with a full, heavy body, layers of fruit and a long aftertaste. It is a coffee with a pronounced character of its own, suitable for both filter and espresso.

Abraham joined Edelmira's smallholder producer group in 2022. He has continued growing traditional varieties, including Bourbon, Caturra and Maragogype, despite the pressure to replace them with more productive, disease-resistant cultivars. His farm helped inspire Edelmira's microlot programme and its work to preserve these varieties across partner communities.

Size:

200 g

Grind:

Whole Beans Filter French Press

Variant

Om kaffen

Oprindelse
Mexico

Region
Chiapas, Mexico

Producent
Don Abraham Sánchez

Varieteter
Maragogype

Forarbejdning
Natural

Høstår

Højde
1700 m.o.h.

Risteinformation

Ristningsgrad
1 ud af 6

Smagsnoter
Berries, Stone fruit, Citrus

Kafferister
Stronghold S7

Batchstørrelse
800g

Sluttemperatur
205.0 °C

Tid
8.4 minutter

Om Mexico

Chiapas is a coffee-growing region in southern Mexico. Its mountainous landscape includes smallholder farms where coffee is grown under shade, alongside a wider diversity of trees and plants.

Beneficio Edelmira works with producers in these highlands, supporting coffee production, processing and the preservation of traditional cultivars. Don Abraham's coffee comes from a remote plot at 1,700 metres, on the edge of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.

Om Maragogype

Maragogype is an Arabica coffee variety known for its exceptionally large beans. Its low yields and demanding maintenance make it a challenging variety to grow, particularly where coffee leaf rust puts pressure on traditional cultivars.

In Chiapas, producers such as Don Abraham continue to cultivate Maragogype alongside Bourbon and Caturra. Beneficio Edelmira supports the preservation, propagation and replanting of traditional varieties across its partner communities.

Chiapas, Mexico

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Don Abraham at work, photographed by Beneficio Edelmira

Don Abraham and the Future of Maragogype

Don Abraham Sánchez works a remote, two-hectare coffee plot at 1,700 metres in Chiapas, on the edge of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Coffee grows under shade on steep slopes, within an agroforestry system that forms part of the surrounding landscape.

When Beneficio Edelmira met Abraham in 2022, his commitment to traditional varieties stood out. He had continued growing Bourbon, Caturra and Maragogype through the leaf rust crisis, while many producers were moving towards more disease-resistant, higher-yielding cultivars.

Maragogype is particularly difficult to keep in production. Its exceptionally large beans and cup character have long made it distinctive, but low yields, demanding maintenance and susceptibility to leaf rust make it a challenging choice for smallholder farmers. As producers replace older trees, there are fewer opportunities to taste coffees like this one.

Abraham's varieties were among the inspirations for Edelmira's microlot processing station. The station gives small lots their own processing and identity, allowing coffees from individual producers to be assessed and presented separately. This NL05 Maragogype Natural is grown by Abraham and processed at Beneficio Edelmira.

Edelmira has also developed a programme to preserve traditional cultivars and encourage their propagation and replanting across its partner communities. The work connects nursery care with continued production, helping farmers maintain varieties that might otherwise disappear from their plots.