ABOUT PAXTLE 

We rarely work with multi-producer blends outside of East Africa, where separating single-producer lots is nearly impossible. In Central and South America, nearly all the coffees we work with are separated not just by producer, but often by individual farm and variety. In the case of Paxtle, a small community in the Sierra Mazateca, producers harvest such limited quantities that exporting individual lots is not yet feasible. In these cases, their highest-quality lots are blended to create an exportable volume. We are actively exploring ways to support single-producer separations in this region in the future.

ABOUT TYPICA AND BOURBON

Typica and Bourbon compose the most culturally and genetically important groups of coffee in the world. Both are low yielding, have excellent cup quality potential, and are very susceptible to most diseases. Historical records indicate that seeds were taken to Yemen from the natural coffee forests of southwest Ethiopia to be cultivated as a crop. Recent genetic tests have confirmed that Typica and Bourbon were the main seeds taken from Ethiopia to Yemen. From Yemen, descendants of Typica and Bourbon spread around the world, forming the basis of modern Arabica coffee cultivation.