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Brand: Yallah Coffee
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Price: 14.3 GBP
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Discover the wonders of specialty coffee from around the globe, with an Explore coffee subscription. Featuring an exclusive new brew every month, expect wildly unrivalled taste profiles to curb your curiosity and spark the imagination.

With free delivery on all orders over £25, and a 20% discount off our regular Explore coffee price.

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Coffee of the month

Cafe El Zapoteco

This months pick is from El Zapoteco, Mexico. The story of coffee in Mexico is one of resilient people and excellent quality, but of extremely low yields and an uncertain future. Average yields for producers in Oaxaca are approximately 100kg per hectare, 24 times lower than a typical producer in Colombia, coupled with unsustainable prices makes for worrying times for Mexican coffee production. Raw Material are working alongside exporters Red Beetle to improve yields and build stable demand for Mexican coffees with reliable coffee roasters, in the hope that Mexico will have a different coffee landscape to the one today.

Roast Profile

Light Roast

Tasting Notes

Poached Pear, Pecan, Jasmine

EXPLORE RANGE

Discover the wonders of specialty coffee from around the globe. Featuring an exclusive new brew every month, expect wildly unrivalled taste profiles to curb your curiosity and spark the imagination.

OUR 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 are 100% plastic-free and can be recycled with your household paper or composted in your garden. We recommend storing your coffee in an airtight container like this one. Our 1kg bags are home compostable but not domestically recyclable, please don't put them in your curbside recycling. The planet thanks you!

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Producer

Cafe El Zapoteco

Origin

Oaxaca, Mexico

Variety

Typica, Mundo Novo

Process

Washed

Country of origin

Oaxaca, Mexico

A distinctive caramel-like profile, Mexican coffees are mellow but complex, usually with a subtle citrus acidity. Hand picked, shade grown and shipped by sail using the power of the wind.

MEET THE PRODUCERS

Cafe El Zapoteco

Despite the average yield in Mexico being so dangerously low, the age of the coffee trees exceeding 20 plus years and the lack of agricultural education, we are consistently stunned by the quality of coffee being produced in Mexico. It makes us both excited and sad in equal measure, because we can see the potential in this great coffee producing region but fearful that a lack of support could mean an even further decline in production volumes. A world without Mexican coffee is not a world we want to operate in.

This is why we are so committed to buying Mexican coffees, because we recognise the quality now but can see very clearly that with appropriate support, consistent purchasing at good prices and working with progressive exporters, there can be a bright future ahead. Over the coming months we will formulate our plans to purchase more Mexican coffee as we establish a relationship with a very exciting and progressive women's group in Chiapas - COFEMO. But for now, enjoy this very sweet and moreish washed lot from Oaxaca, which we’re all drinking by the mugful in the roastery.

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Environmental Impact

Agroforestry is a way of growing coffee alongside other trees and plants, either by planting coffee in established forests or purposefully planting other cash crops to grow alongside. This can be a great tool to combat climate change in coffee growing countries, as well as maximising profits for producers.

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