Origin & Story
Where coffee comes from, and the people and places behind it.
Mexican coffee farmers average 54 years old, and 11% are under 35
An ICO study of 883 growers puts the average Mexican coffee farmer at 54, with only 11% under 35 and a hectare costing about $922 a year to run.
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Oaxaca coffee: the third largest area, the fourth largest crop
August 29, 2026Oaxaca grows coffee in more municipalities than any other Mexican state and still finis...
Puebla coffee: small plots and the highest yields in Mexico
August 25, 2026Puebla is Mexico's third coffee state by volume, holds no top-three share of the plante...
Veracruz coffee: Mexico's second state and its highest yields
August 21, 2026Veracruz grows about a quarter of Mexico's coffee, out-yields Chiapas per hectare and h...
The Mexican coffee that stays home is mostly instant coffee
August 17, 2026Mexico grows overwhelmingly arabica and exports most of it, while roughly 60 percent of...
Pluma coffee: the Oaxaca origin with rules written into law
August 13, 2026Mexico protects one Oaxaca coffee region by law, and the declaration fixes the shade, t...
The year Mexican coffee lost its state buyer and found cooperatives
August 9, 2026The state stopped buying the crop in 1989, and what growers built to replace it is stil...
Mexican coffee varieties: what replaced the trees rust killed
August 1, 2026The trees that went back into the ground were bred to survive, and survival is a differ...
The coffee harvest season: why your beans come from one picking window
May 26, 2026Coffee is picked once a year, cherry by cherry. Here is how the coffee harvest season a...
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