Antonia Fuentes, México

Origin

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  25
• Floral
  25
• Sweet
  25

She grows TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. coffee cherries that she, along with her husband, tends to each harvest—selecting the ripest cherries, washing and fermenting them for 24 hours in a wooden canoe, and drying them on her mesh-lined patio. Her coffee is bright and sweet, with notes of black tea, cocoa powder, and cara cara orange. Antonia Fuentes’ farm, Rancho La Perla, sits at 1600 meters on the hills of Sierra Sur of Oaxaca.