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078 Producers

Producers

There is no week without them. These are the producers whose coffee you'll find around the city.

Person no. 01 · Documentary portraitFinca La Golondrina · To be announced

Producer · Featured region · To be announced

Ricardo Cortés Nava

My father sold cherry to the middleman. It took me nine years to put my own name on the bag.

Ricardo took over his father's farm in 2014, when leaf rust had wiped out two thirds of the sierra's production and half his neighbors had already switched out of coffee.

Farm
Finca La Golondrina
Origin
To be announced
Altitude
1,200 – 1,480 m
Varieties
Bourbon · Typica · Geisha
Lot
001 · Washed · 3 cafés serve it

In the city this week

MON 26

Opening: the sierra comes to the city5pm · Casa del Pueblo, Regina 27 · Centro · 118 seats

TUE 27

Guest shift: Ricardo Cortés behind the bar8am · Contraluz · Juárez

FRI 30

Blind: washed, honey, natural12pm · Cuervo Blanco · Roma Norte · 1 seat

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    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 02 · Producer

    Ismael Radilla Bello

    Rancho Nuevo Paraíso · Por anunciar

    FRI 30 · 5pm · Guest shift: Ismael Radilla and his naturals

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    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 03 · Producer

    Familia Hernández Solano

    Finca Tres Cañadas · Por anunciar

    THU 29 · 9am · Sierra breakfast

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    Picking coffee in the sierra
    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 04 · Producer

    Yolanda Bracamontes Ríos

    Cafetal Agua Zarca · Por anunciar

    THU 29 · 6pm · Twenty-two women growers from the guest region

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    Picking coffee in the sierra
    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 05 · Producer

    Cooperativa

    42 parcelas familiares · Por anunciar

    MON 26 · 5pm · Guided cupping: six guest-region lots

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    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 06 · Producer

    Melquiades Vinalay Ríos

    Finca La Providencia · Por anunciar

    WED 28 · 4pm · Fermentation, explained by the person doing it

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    Picking coffee in the sierra
    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 07 · Producer

    Amparo Santiago Luis

    Finca Loma Alta · Oaxaca

    SAT 1 · 9am · Producers' market

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    Portrait · provisional

    Person no. 08 · Producer

    Ernesto Coyotl Mendoza

    Finca Niebla Alta · Veracruz

    SUN 2 · 12pm · In defense of Mexican varieties

Who has a session, and when

PersonMON 26TUE 27WED 28THU 29FRI 30SAT 1SUN 2
Ricardo Cortés NavaFinca La Golondrina · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that day
Ismael Radilla BelloRancho Nuevo Paraíso · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
Familia Hernández SolanoFinca Tres Cañadas · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
Yolanda Bracamontes RíosCafetal Agua Zarca · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
Cooperativa42 parcelas familiares · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
Melquiades Vinalay RíosFinca La Providencia · Por anunciarNo session that dayNo session that day
Amparo Santiago LuisFinca Loma Alta · OaxacaNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
Ernesto Coyotl MendozaFinca Niebla Alta · VeracruzNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that dayNo session that day
A session you can attendNo session that day

This table is the programme, not a travel record: a blank day means nobody has a session listed, not that they have gone home.