Global Coffee Origin Mexican Coffee Market

Mexico is the fourth largest coffee producer in the world. Most of its coffee is produced by nearly 100,000 small farmers, and the large estates that once dominated the coffee industry are few and far between.

Coffee from Mexico:

Mexico's best coffee growing area is Chiapas in the south of the country, where coffee varieties include Tapanchula and Huixtla. The Oaxaca region also produces premium coffee beans, among them Pluma Coixtepec, grown under natural conditions. Oaxaca also produces Altura Orizaba coffee and Altura Huatusco coffee. Veracruz coffee is produced in the Altura Coatapec region. The best giant coffee beans in Mexico are Liquidambar MS beans.

Mexican coffee features:

Some believe that the best giant coffee beans are grown in Mexico rather than Guatemala, but the availability and quality of coffee beans can vary from place to place. Known as Maragogype, the beans are large and produce coffee that is soft, rich and aromatic. Farmers 'poverty results in most coffee growing naturally, i.e. without the use of chemicals such as pesticides or fertilizers.

Flavor: Smooth, aromatic, mellow

Recommended baking method: deep baking after excellent flavor

★★: Good

Mexican Coffee Market:

The Instituto Mexicano del Cafe (Inmecafe) controls the coffee industry. The coffee association controls both coffee cultivation and the market for beans that can be exported from November. The association provides farmers with minimum purchase prices, technical advice and other assistance. However, since 1991, the activities of the Coffee Association have declined and its functions may be further weakened.

The collapse of the Coffee Agreement and the disappearance of price support actually helped some producers by forcing them to develop their own brands and achieve closer ties to domestic and foreign markets, while the NAFTA agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico will further help Mexican exports to North America.