BIG BOOTY CHRISTMAS MEXICO

£12.50

After 10 years we are finally releasing a dedicated Christmas coffee from the wonderful female producer group - The Mercedes Olivera Feminist Collective in Chiapas, Mexico. There has been a big debate in the roastery about releasing a Christmas coffee and whether it is right for us to do so, but when this group of activist female producers were introduced to us by Ensambles we knew right away we’d found what we were looking for.

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Roast Profile

Roast Profile

Light Roast

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Sticky Boiled Sweets, Caramel, Fresh Berries

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BUYING STANDARDS

It’s really important for us to work with trusted partners in our supply chain who can provide us with honesty and traceability. We have created a set of guidelines to help us source coffee in a way we feel aligns with our values and beliefs. There are three core categories that we think outline the most important factors to consider when purchasing coffee: economic transparency, social relationship, and environmental efforts.

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OUR PACKAGING

Our 250g bags and 1kg bags are LDPE 4 packaging, a type of soft plastic, very common in food packaging. For home consumers LDPE 4 is still not curbside recyclable, but is accepted at local recycling points and dedicated soft plastics deposit points. Find a location near you.

Details

Producer

COFEMO

Origin

Chiapas, Mexico

Variety

Typica, Mundo Novo, Bourbon

Process

Washed

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Chiapas, Mexico

A coffee producing country with so much potential, Mexico produces some of our favourite coffees every year in tough and unpredictable conditions. We are committed to sourcing coffees from progressive exporters, who value producers and work to improve conditions and productions for the long term.

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COFEMO

Christmas is a special time of year and it deserves a coffee with a special story. The COFEMO group are a force to be reckoned with, 58 indigenous women make up the group from the Los Altos de Chiapas region in Mexico, ranging in age from 20 to 60 with decades of experience in social and feminist activism. The group takes its name from the late Mercedes Olivera Bustamante, a Mexican anthropologist and social activist who fought for over five decades for the rights of indigenous women.
It is common in Mexico and central America in general for women to not be involved in the decision making process or indeed own land of their own - they are by and large marginalised and undervalued people. Prioritising female led producer groups and indigenous communities within coffee sourcing is one way of changing this, though this is the first year purchasing from this group we see a very bright and fruitful relationship ahead.

Social Relationships

Female Producer

In many coffee growing countries, the concept of women owning coffee farms is still uncommon and in some places, prohibited by government laws. Yet women contribute a staggering amount of the labour involved in producing coffee, from picking the cherries to hand sorting and processes. Supporting female producers and co-ops is crucial to eliminating the gender gap in coffee.

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