Oaxaca RED 5 DICIEMBRE, ORGANIC

Elevation: 1750 meters 

Variety: Caturra (30%), Mundo Novo (10%), Typica and Bourbon (60%)

Process: Fully Washed

About Mexico Red 5 Diciembre Organic

The Red 5 de Diciembre network is a the La Cañada regional cooperative, itself made up by 13 first-level organizations to represent 1,300 small indigenous producers. Over the past six years this group has been working to improve selective harvesting, specialty processing, and marketing of these higher value lots. They’ve succeeded in growing membership, and obtaining organic certification, but it was not until 2020 that they were able to achieve and significant premiums for specialty. This was the year they partnered with the cupping team at Ensembles de Café, who worked with this group to separate out their very best and set the model for years to come.