Artist Reserve: Mexico Arturo Ortiz 2026 Harvest

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MEXICO ARTURO ORTIZ YELLOW CHERRY, ALMOND, ORANGE ZEST + CARAMEL CANDIES Coffee from our friend Arturo Ortiz, based in the village of San Pedro Yosotatu is now live.  One of the sharpest and most respected coffee producers in this legendary place, Arturo's coffee is a unique and exemplary expression of some of the best terroir in Mexico.  Clean and vibrant with expansive flavor notes of yellow cherry, almond, orange zest, and caramel candies.  Armadillo design by Tyler Kelly - Check out Tyler's work here: https://www.instagram.com/oldbaphomet/      BEAN DETAILS: ORIGIN: San Pedro, Yosotatu, Mexico PRODUCER: Arturo Ortiz PROCESS: Washed and dried on raised beds ELEVATION: 1900 masl VARIETY: Bourbon + Typica TASTING NOTES: Yellow cherry, amaretto, orange zest, and caramel candies.  ROAST TYPE: Light Farm Level Our relationships are the deepest in Oaxaca. We’ve been building up our supply chain from the farm level (producers here average 1-2 hectares) in terms of quality improvement and separations as well as price negotiations and premiums, rather than working from the exporter or co-op level down. Financing is a big challenge farmers face here and we are committed to working creatively to solve this in both the short and long term. Grupo Yosotatu is not a formal organization with traditional leadership roles. The producer group consists of 40 family members and neighbors who desired autonomy and independence from larger organizations. Madelina Lopez Lopez is the backbone of this group — and with an increase of demand, Madelina has been ensuring quality standards are being achieved. This season all of the producers worked heavily on improving their ability to dry more parchment at a slower, more even rate. Some have invested into building raised beds to accomplish this. Overall volume is small, but it can be some of the best quality out there. This is a separated lot from producer Arturo Ortiz, who is a member of Grupo Yosotatu.