Newsletter Archive
A historical record of San Cristobal Coffee Importers newsletters, harvest updates, and reports. Topics include direct-trade work in Nayarit, Mexico with Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNay), Peru, traceability, and origin sourcing — spanning more than two decades of specialty coffee importing.
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| Title | Summary | Date | Type | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Cristobal Coffee Importers Expands to Peru | 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 | Nov 2025 | Newsletter | |
| Nayarit Mexico Harvest Update | 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. | Feb 2023 | Newsletter | |
| News From Nayarit: Organic Soil Enhancement Factory, Gesha Nursery, and 2022 Harvest Planning! | Our New Biofabricadora, Restoration of Exhausted Soils, and New Varieties | Nov 2021 | Newsletter | |
| Harvest Update Mexico GTNay and La Yerba ASTAL Women's Video | A team of video journalists from Mexican coffee publication, El Mundo de Café la Revista, came to visit the CAFESUMEX office in Tepic | Apr 2021 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter December 2020 | Holiday Greetings & Ethiopia West Welega New Arrival | Dec 2020 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter March 2020 | Our delayed harvest is a mixed blessing Delays caused by cold weather can improve cup quality but could delay shipping this year | Mar 2020 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter January 2020 | We close the books on the last harvest as the new one begins | Jan 2020 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter November 2019 | 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. | Nov 2019 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter March 2019 | 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. | Mar 2019 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter February 2019 | GTN’s Harvest has finally begun. Nearly 200 tons of fruit have been received in the last 4 weeks! CAFEICO formally joins us. | Feb 2019 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter January 2019 | Fruit quality refocused …… The word of the day is: SUGAR | Jan 2019 | Newsletter | |
| San Cristobal Newsletter November 2018 - Top Cupping Scores Jacob Frankel | 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. | Nov 2018 | Newsletter | |
| Mexican Barista Champion Uses Nayarit Coffee | Fabrizio Sencion Ramirez wins the 2011 Mexican Barista Championship in Mexico City using Nayarit coffee that was evaluated with the Fincalab system (formerly Portacafe). | Sep 2011 | Newsletter | |
| Cafes Sustentables de Mexico's Coffee Quality Course For Farmers | Cafes Sustentables graduates twelve farmers from its second annual Coffee Quality Management Course. | Jun 2005 | Newsletter | |
| Hurricane Kenna Hits Nayarit | James Kosalos summarized his experience in Malinal immediately following Hurricane Kenna in 2002. | Oct 2002 | Newsletter |
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
Download PDFThe 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.
Download PDFOur New Biofabricadora, Restoration of Exhausted Soils, and New Varieties
Download PDFA team of video journalists from Mexican coffee publication, El Mundo de Café la Revista, came to visit the CAFESUMEX office in Tepic
Download PDFHoliday Greetings & Ethiopia West Welega New Arrival
Download PDFOur delayed harvest is a mixed blessing Delays caused by cold weather can improve cup quality but could delay shipping this year
Download PDFWe close the books on the last harvest as the new one begins
Download PDFYa 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.
Download PDFGTNay 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.
Download PDFGTN’s Harvest has finally begun. Nearly 200 tons of fruit have been received in the last 4 weeks! CAFEICO formally joins us.
Download PDFFruit quality refocused …… The word of the day is: SUGAR
Download PDFJacob 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.
Download PDFFabrizio Sencion Ramirez wins the 2011 Mexican Barista Championship in Mexico City using Nayarit coffee that was evaluated with the Fincalab system (formerly Portacafe).
Download PDFCafes Sustentables graduates twelve farmers from its second annual Coffee Quality Management Course.
Download PDFJames Kosalos summarized his experience in Malinal immediately following Hurricane Kenna in 2002.
Download PDF