"These coffees were destined to become Cinder Cone together with their classic origin profiles.  There's an emphasis on maximizing sweetness and softening the acidity for Cinder Cone, and the Loxica/San Martín play that tune perfectly." - Marty Lopes, Roaster

MEXICO LOXICHA

Producer: smallholder independent farms unaffiliated with a co-op (since the Roya outbreak in 2015, coffee yields have decreased by 80% and many farms have gone out of business; those who have managed to carry on have had to do so as true entrepreneurs, forging their own paths without the support of co-ops)

Region: Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico

Prepartion: washed

Tasting notes: brown sugar smoothness with a hint of bittersweet chocolate

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GUATEMALA SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE

Producer: the smallholder farms of the Asproguate NGO

Region: San Martín Jilotepeque, in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala

Preparation: Asproguate collects cherries from the farms; the cherries are depulped and fermented them at Asproguate's wet mills. Their partner, Dinamica, handles dry milling and exporting.

Tasting notes: almond and hazelnut mingle with a crisp apple acidity and caramel sweetness

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