Highlighting the pioneers of Mexico's coffee renaissance

Mexico is an origin near and dear to our heart. It’s home to Sustainable Harvest’s first office, and was the first origin we sourced from back in 1997. For years, it has been a source of many of our top offerings, featuring an endearing range of flavor profiles that have won over many coffee lovers.

In recent years, however, famers in Mexico have come under hard times. Roya arrived in Chiapas in 2013, and spread north to Veracruz and Oaxaca in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, Mexico, a country with more viable land for coffee cultivation than all of Central America put together, barely produced 35% of Honduras’ output. Since the outbreak, coffee yields in Oaxaca have fallen 80% as a result of the disease, causing many cooperatives in the region to dissolve.

Despite these challenges, farmers in Mexico have continued to press on, and we've been inspired by their resilience and determination to keep producing delicious specialty coffees. Their persistence has paid off: 2017 and 2018 have marked turning points in terms of the quality we've seen come out of Mexico since the outbreak. Hard work in the form of renovations and farm-level innovations are paying dividends in cup quality.

To do our part to help farmers as they revive Mexico's coffee production, we've launched an entirely new coffee line, called Single Village Oaxaca, which provides roasters access to 86+ point coffees that would have otherwise been lost to the international market amid the Roya outbreak. We're also teaming up with the Inter-American Development Bank to help farmers tackle modern production challenges in Southern Mexico.

We invite you to explore our spot offerings from top Mexico producer groups below, request a sample (or a few!), and enjoy the sweet taste of Mexico's coffee renaissance.