Cup Characteristics: Silky smooth and well rounded, with a light body, a caramel sweetness, with interesting notes of nut, fruit, and chocolate. This is a wet processed, organic coffee.

(Left: This is a farmer on his coffee plot) Immediately, this coffee exudes the fruited note in the dry fragrance, suggesting banana, married to nice cocoa with nuts. You can find a lot of sweetness in the wet aroma, almost syrupy, with a praline character. The cup is mild with a light body. It has the same, mildly rustic sweetness as the aromatics – sugar in the raw. In fact, this reminds me of the ice-cream sugar cones in the aftertaste. There is also a caramel apple quality, it has a moderate brightness and has a clean aftertaste. It's a simple cup – and I say an awesome “Drinkin’Coffee”.

But what’s with the name? The Spanish word Terruño means "my land” or "homestead." Chipas is the region of Mexico where the crop is grown. Terruño Nayarita is used to identify coffees that come from the homesteads of the small-holder cooperative coffee farmers.   

Nearly all of these cooperative growers are clustered around an extinct volcano, Cerro San Juan, located immediately to the west of Tepic, the capital of Nayarit, which imparts its special characteristics of soil type and microclimate to our bright, floral and citrus coffee. All the coffee exported from this area is called Terruño Nayarita, which is representative of the State’s homesteading coffee producers Terruño Nayarita.

The State of Chiapas is located in the south tip of Mexico, bordered by the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and Tabasco and the Central American country of Guatemala. The state is extremely rich in water and other natural resources; its jungles and highlands are great producers of valuable hardwoods and are home to an incredible variety of other flora and fauna as well as some of Mexico's most fascinating Mayan archaeological sites.

Most people in Chiapas are poor, rural small farmers. About one quarter of the population is of full or predominant Maya descent and in rural areas many do not speak Spanish. The state suffers from the highest rate of malnutrition in Mexico, estimated to affect over 40% of the population.