Meya, filter coffee from Mexico
Meya - Coffee Info
| Taste | Red berries, juicy, elegant |
| Bean Origin | Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Producer | Citlal Kafen Cooperative ("Coffee Star") |
| Varieties | Garnica, Typica, Bourbon |
| Post-Harvest Process | 90 hours fermentation, then dried as natural |
| Farming Philosophy | Traditional polyculture. All producers grow fruit alongside coffee. |
| All of our coffees are sold as whole beans. | |
How We Prepare the Coffee
Why Does the Coffee Taste This Way?
It can get noticeably cool in the Sierra de Zongolica. Behind Orizaba, the first hills rise and continue to climb until you reach the jagged valleys of the Sierra. The slopes are steep, and clouds linger visibly in them. In the sun, however, the valleys heat up. This makes coffee cultivation challenging, especially for naturals.
The cherries are picked and fermented in plastic bags before drying on raised beds. Because it's often cool, drying takes a very long time. And because it's often humid, the risk of fungal infection increases. Special care is required here.
This all shows in the taste: The fresh, juicy acidity comes from the growing conditions, as the cool temperatures allow the cherries to ripen slowly over time. The 90-hour fermentation emphasizes a fresh fruity character with a focus on red fruit, without overwhelming the acidity. The silky, elegant texture comes from careful harvesting and manual sorting of the cherries.
Why Did We Buy This Coffee?
Since 2022, we have been working with Ensambles and the producers of Citlal Kafen to improve coffee quality and strengthen the cooperative. The Toca is the washed cooperative blend. But the goal was always also to produce microlots.
For this, individual lots of particularly high-quality coffee cherries are separated, fermented, and dried in the cherry as natural. This is a new process, not only for the cooperative, but for the entire region.
For long-term projects that are meant to create tangible change on the ground, it's important that they also produce coffees that are sensorially in the champions league. This is the first lot that the young cooperative has processed this way. The appetite is whetted.
How Do We Roast This Coffee?
Giesen W30A 2021 · Batch 12.50 kg · September 15, 2026
Input 16% · Roast: Juan.
Shipping Also Available via Coffee Letter
All of our coffees can be ordered via coffee letter. It is treated like a regular letter and arrives in your mailbox. This reduces the postage for 250 g of coffee from CHF 7.– to CHF 2.50. At checkout, you can choose between coffee letter, A-Post, and B-Post options.
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