Patlanalan - Veracruz, Mexico

Patlanalan is one of the most remote communities in Puebla. One of Patlanalan’s defining characteristics is that the center of the community holds one of the best-known lagoons in Puebla, the Patlanalan lagoon.

The predominant varieties in the area are Mundo Novo, Sarchimor, and yellow Caturra. During harvest, producers use family labor for all their work. Patlanalan producers co-plant coffee with native shade trees such as banana and ice cream bean trees.

As in all of Veracruz, the producers harvest the coffee in cherry. It’s then transported to the central processing plant in Coatepec (about 2 hours away). 

In the central processing plant, they use spring water to wash the cherry, which they then ferment for 48 hours in concrete tanks, followed by mechanical drying for 60 hours.

This coffee has been imported by Red Fox Coffee Merchants

Tasting Notes: Red plum, black tea, dried orange  


Origin: Patlanalan municipality of Puebla Mexico 

Producer: Smallholder producers from the Patlanalan Community

Altitude: 1600 - 1800 masl

Cultivar: Mundo Novo, Caturra, Sarchimor

Process:  Washed, 48hr fermentation in concrete tanks, fully washed & mechanically dried for 60hrs