Team notes: strawberry shortcake, caramel, blanched almond

COUNTRY: Mexico

REGION: Montaña Alta, Guerrero

PRODUCERS: 20 female me’phaa producers

VARIETY: Typica, Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Costa Rica 95, Colombia

ALTITUDE: 1500-1800 masl

PROCESS: Natural

A sister lot of coffee to Las Mazatecas, this is a community lot built from the fight and hard work of 20 indigenous me’phaa female coffee producers in Montaña Alta.

Prior to visiting Guerrero in April, it remained an area we knew very little about, save for the work of friends at Dark Arts Coffee. Despite neighbouring coffee-famous Oaxaca, and sharing the same mountain range, altitudes, varietals and climate, Guerrero remains largely unheard of in the Global North. The state’s tragic history with both narco and human trafficking, and the historical dominance of one coffee buying intermediary has made life here hard, particularly for women. 

This project, an initiative of Ensambles director & agronomist Miguel Guevara, and Guerrero field coordinator and indigenous me’phaa women, Rebeca Oropeza, gives real market access to female coffee producers in the region.

With a cup profile of sweet strawberry shortcake and caramelised nuts, there’s no bad time of day to be drinking this! Celebrate Las Guerreras!