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There are aprox. 380'000 coffee producers in Mexico. Around 282,000 of them don't hold more than 5 hectares. This later group represents 91.7
percent of the total producers, occupy two thirds of the cultivated area, and supply 30 percent of the national coffee production.
Of the 54 indigenous groups located in Mexico, 28 are involved in coffee production.
They are: Amuzgo, Cora, Chatino, Chinateco, Chontal, Chol, Huichol, Otomi, Popoluca, Purépecha, Tenek, Tepehua, Tlapaneco, Tojolobal (Chiapas), Totonaca, Trique, Tzeltal
(Chiapas), Tzotzil (Chiapas), Zapoteco and Zoque (Chiapas).
The 3 biggest coffee producers of Mexico are Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
In early 20th Century in Chiapas there were 32 German-owned coffee plantations, 8
French-owned, 4 English, and 2 owned by Swiss Nationals. One decade later, Chiapas accounted for a total of 181 of Mexico's 321 coffee plantations. There were 98 in Veracruz and 42 in Oaxaca.
CHIAPAS is the first place in the world to produce and export the so-called "Organic
coffee" or "Bio Coffee". Its coffee is of 100% Arabica quality, of smooth flavour and rich aroma.
Beans that are only cultivated at strictly high grown, so called strictly high coffee, and
following the guidelines for gourmet farming make the best coffee. As the beans take longer to mature they develop even more flavour and aroma.
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