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THE TERROIR RANGETraceability: Terroir
High-quality coffees from a geographically restricted production area, with a unique and characteristic flavour influenced by the type of soil and local farming techniques.
Quantity
Limited
Limited
Quantité
Limited
Limited
Education points
20
20
El Santo
Altura
Veracruz
Mexico
Veracruz
Mexico
Species
arabica
Varietal
Pluma , Typica
Altitude
1200 - 1700
Harvest period
October to March
Process
Washed
Drying
Patios
Sensory profile
« Citric and floral notes, a little vegetal side (geranium, hay, citrus). »
« Citric and floral notes, a little vegetal side (geranium, hay, citrus). »
THE TERROIR RANGETraceability: Terroir
High-quality coffees from a geographically restricted production area, with a unique and characteristic flavour influenced by the type of soil and local farming techniques.
Quality
Limited
Limited
Quantity
Limited
Limited
Education points
20
20
ABOUT
El Santo comes from the Veracruz region in southern Mexico.
Our partner, La Laja, is a Mexican coffee production company present in southern Mexico with three production sites, in Puebla, Veracruz and Chiapas. La Laja brings together several farms in these 3 regions. La Laja is Rainforest Alliance, UTZ (Coffee, Cocoa and Tea Sustainability Certification Program) and 4C certified (certification that works for sustainable supply chains in coffee and improved living standards for farmers).
The company has also developed social-economic programs such as the production of seedlings delivered to producers, training, loans and production participations. Regarding societal topics, La Laja works to develop leisure activities for the most precarious households, develop mutual aid in the community and education.
In the Veracruz region, La Laja has a wet beneficio with a production capacity of 850,000 kilos of cherries per day. Fully washed process has been mechanized and it reduces water consomption by 500% compared to the traditional process.
La Laja is present in 42% of the production areas of Veracruz and has more than 3,000 producers.
Our partner, La Laja, is a Mexican coffee production company present in southern Mexico with three production sites, in Puebla, Veracruz and Chiapas. La Laja brings together several farms in these 3 regions. La Laja is Rainforest Alliance, UTZ (Coffee, Cocoa and Tea Sustainability Certification Program) and 4C certified (certification that works for sustainable supply chains in coffee and improved living standards for farmers).
The company has also developed social-economic programs such as the production of seedlings delivered to producers, training, loans and production participations. Regarding societal topics, La Laja works to develop leisure activities for the most precarious households, develop mutual aid in the community and education.
In the Veracruz region, La Laja has a wet beneficio with a production capacity of 850,000 kilos of cherries per day. Fully washed process has been mechanized and it reduces water consomption by 500% compared to the traditional process.
La Laja is present in 42% of the production areas of Veracruz and has more than 3,000 producers.
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Strengths
Local exporter | Purchased as cherries | Saving water process
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