Mexico – FTO Women Producers FLO ID: 19465


Fully Washed
B10245

Mexico – FTO Women Producers FLO ID: 19465 B10245


Specs:

Source:

Mexico

Region:

Tapachula, Chiapas

Farm:

Various smallholder all-female farmers of GRAPOS

Variety:

Tipica, Bourbon, Caturra, Mondo Novo, Catuaí

Altitude:

900 - 1600 masl

Processing:

Fully Washed

Program:

Women Coffee Producers

Notes:

"Sweet, clean and tart with toffee and lemon."

Score:

83 points

Price/Bag:

$4.01 per lb

$200.50 per bag

Out of stock


Background:

GRAPOS or Grupo de Asesores de Producción Orgánica y Sustentable S.C. is a group of coffee producers in the state of Chiapas in the southern Mexico in an area that borders la Biósfera del Triunfo or Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, from which Café Imports has also purchased coffee.

GRAPOS was formed in 2007 and consisted of 90 member farmers. In 2016, the group now includes 3,253 member farmers and covers an area including the microregions of Soconusco, Siltepec, Porvenir and Tapachula within Chiapas. Coffee from GRAPOS is cultivated on approximately 5,560 hectares and has an altitude range of 900 – 1600 masl. The harvest season is from November to March.

Members of GRAPOS are mainly smallholder farmers with an average of 3 hectares of land. There are multiple coffee varieties grown including Tipica, Bourbon, Caturra, Mondo Novo and Catuaí. On average the coffee trees are 10 – 20 years old and annual production is equivalent to 0.5 metric tons (MT) of green coffee.

GRAPOS is certified Fair Trade and Organic. Additionally, GRAPOS provides essential services to its members including access to finance, technical assistance and community development programs. Other economic activities of the group include mainly agriculture production of banana, squash, corn, black beans, cocoa and rambutan (a tropical tree that produces fruit of the same name). Members and their families also make handmade textiles for additional sources of income.


For information about GRAPOS, please visit their website here.