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From the Road: 21st de Septiembre Co-op

11-18-08

Jacinto distributing organic radishes to be used later in delicious tacos. Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Counter Culture Coffee's Sustainability & Producer Relations Manager Kim Elena Bullock emailed a dispatch yesterday from the town of Putla de Guerrero in western Oaxaca, Mexico, where the 21st of September co-op has its offices, warehouse, and soon-to-be cupping lab.

The 21st's coffee buyers, including Counter Culture Coffee, gathered in Putla to work together with the leadership of the co-op to set a course for the current coffee harvest. In addition to authentic, delicious tacos, Kim Elena had the unusual opportunity to participate, along with representatives from all 23 of the 21st's member communities, in a visit to a small coffee farm in the town of Zimatlán that recently completed a biogas-and-sustainable-miscellany project.

Read Kim Elena's trip report from the 21st of September co-op in our Origins section.

Thanks,
Nathan

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Finca El Puente
Catuai
Counter Culture Direct Trade Certified
Finca El Puente is a special coffee and truly close to our hearts. We discovered it on our very first trip to Honduras, fell in love with it then, and have been head over heels ever since. Moisés Herrera and Marysabel Caballero – the couple who run the farm – have become like family, and this year they continued the tradition of refining an already-great coffee. This harvest of Finca El Puente brings lighter purple-lavender and plum notes, black cherry, sugar cane sweetness, and toasted nut in the finish. View map.

Regularly $15.75

$14.75 (per 12 oz bag)

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