Cuzalapa Organic Coffee Cooperative
Cuautitlán – Jalisco – Mexico
Cuzalapa is the site of a very old shade grown coffee plantation that grows organic Arabica beans. Cuzalapa is a little over an hour from Melaque off highway 80 to the south-east of La Huerta on the northern edge of the Manantlan Biosphere Reserve.
The coffee is grown under the shade of a large variety of other trees and the women of the Cooperative offer an hour long walking tour. They will tell you about the many plants, trees, herbs and even some of the human stories related to the area and their ancestors that lived there. Take some repellant for the tour.
The coffee crop is late this year due to colder temperatures but they did have a few kilos for us. It’s a good idea to call first if your are going for coffee and not just to visit the area. Later in the year there will be plenty after the gringos leave and there is less of a market. The season can run from December through May/June. The women also sell clothing, honey, Jamica and preserves.
Link to the Cuzalapa trip and the Tour
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It just feel intuitive to grow organic coffee in these regions of the world. What a shame it is that these people were ever forced to grow their crop in such a harmful way to the world and the consumers. Hopefully they are able to stay organic and keep doing right by themselves, their customers and the planet.
From – Larry’s Beans
Hi Sparks, I enjoy your blog very much. I find the information helpful. I think the Cuzalapa coffee is the best that I have had. I would like to put a link to your blog on mine if it is okay. I haven’t been blogging very long but I enjoy posting. I was hoping to meet you when you were still in the Barra area. It sounds like you have made a wonderful life for yourself in the Chapala area. Beth
Hi Beth …. been reading your blog as well and enjoy it.
I still have have a place I’m working on in the area so am back and forth. If not working on it then to see friends.
Sure links are always appreciated. Hope to run into you there.