El Cuarenteño
Nayarit Natural plus - El Cuarenteño, Mexico
On sale checked 29 Sep 2026
Price
Listed: $17.40 / 340g → $5.12 per 100g
Where it's from
- Co-op El Cuarenteño
- Process Natural
- Country Mexico
- Region Nayarit
Description
Producer:
El Cuarenteño's story begins with a land petition. In 1940, following Mexico's agrarian reform, this rural community in the Sierra de San Juan foothills was granted 3,500 hectares to form their own Ejido — land held collectively, farmed individually, passed to children. Today, around 840 hectares grow shade-grown coffee at 900–1,400 meters, with views across to the Pacific's Three Marias Islands. Three farmer societies work the land, producing both organic and conventional lots.
Place:
Mexico’s coffee story is being rediscovered. Coffeegrows across Chiapas, Oaxaca, Nayarit, Puebla and Veracruz at 900–1,800 meters, where highland forests and volcanic soils create emerging quality potential. Smallholder farms, renewed processing focus, and diverse microclimates shape cleaner profiles. Harvest runs November through March, revealing newly recognized coffees with balanced acidity, sweetness, and regional character.
Text from Torque Coffee's listing.