Newsletter Archive

Along with our sister company Cafés Sustenebles de Mexico (CAFESUMEX), and an internship program with Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNay) in Mexico, we recently imported the first coffees from Cooperativa Agraria Groupthink Yapaz (COOPAGRY) of Junín

The harvest has begun in Nayarit! The nine societies of Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNay) are busy picking, processing, and drying cherries this time of the year.

Our New Biofabricadora, Restoration of Exhausted Soils, and New Varieties

A team of video journalists from Mexican coffee publication, El Mundo de Café la Revista, came to visit the CAFESUMEX office in Tepic

Holiday Greetings & Ethiopia West Welega New Arrival

Our delayed harvest is a mixed blessing Delays caused by cold weather can improve cup quality but could delay shipping this year

We close the books on the last harvest as the new one begins

Learn about the extended ICO marks that you find on each bag tag and what they mean.

GTNay associates visit Cintipec in Veracruz, Mexico in June, 2019. A potential collaboration is in the works!

Ya Viene la Cosecha 2019-20! The coming harvest looks great; we expect to start picking near the end of November in Cordon del Jilgero, and other areas will begin between then and January, 2020.

GTNay News: Latest Cupping Results Very POSITIVE ! …….and other news. GTN’s 2018-2019 harvest is approaching the halfway point; about 5 containers of fruit have been received; we are now confident of quality.

GTN’s Harvest has finally begun. Nearly 200 tons of fruit have been received in the last 4 weeks! CAFEICO formally joins us.

Fruit quality refocused …… The word of the day is: SUGAR

Jacob Frankel, GTN's intern from California, helped assess ripening fruit across nearly half the group's farms ahead of the 2018-19 harvest. He also topped the FincaLab Sensory Skills Test, earning him a spot as one of the season's principal cuppers.

A presentation (from Expocafe 2016 - Mexico City) that relates maximizing efficiency to quality management, traceability, transparency and higher income for coffee producers.

James Kosalos in Coffee Talk, April 2014, an article explaining that traceability is not the objective, but the inevitable result of consistently raising income of coffee small holders.

Fabrizio Sencion Ramirez wins the 2011 Mexican Barista Championship in Mexico City using Nayarit coffee that was evaluated with the Fincalab system (formerly Portacafe).

Miles Small of Coffee Talk, an article from 2011 on San Cristobal's direct trade work in Nayarit, Mexico.

Miles Small of Coffee Talk, an article from 2010, discusses traceability in the supply chain using San Cristobal's model in Nayarit.

Committee on Sustainability Assessment analysis of sustainability initiatives in the coffee sector.

Mike White of Gimme! Coffee put together an article for Barista Magazine in 2007 after attending an Ecotour

James Kosalos addresses Fair Trade vs Quality Premiums in 2006.

Cafes Sustentables graduates twelve farmers from its second annual Coffee Quality Management Course.

James Kosalos summarized his experience in Malinal immediately following Hurricane Kenna in 2002.