Mexico Tejao

Blackberry and darker berries over molasses and cocoa, a little fruity, with a body that coats the mouth.

Tejao is the Mazatec name for Huautla de Jiménez, a mountain town in the Sierra Mazateca of northern Oaxaca, and Ensambles Cafés Mexicanos say it also means twelve, after the twelve families who first settled there. Every producer in this lot speaks Mazatec, and they farm across three communities: San Lucas Zoquiápam, San Antonio Eloxochitlán and Huautla itself.

On these farms the coffee grows beneath fruit and timber trees rather than in rows, and families plant the milpa of maize, beans and squash alongside it, a traditional polyculture that feeds the household as well as producing a crop to sell. Ensambles run a lab in Huautla where their team cups each producer's coffee, prices it on quality and gives feedback for the next harvest.

The coffee itself is Typica, Bourbon and Mundo Novo, grown at 1,400 to 1,900 metres and washed.

• Varietal: Typica, Bourbon, Mundo Novo
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1,400 to 1,900m
• Region: Huautla (Tejao), Sierra Mazateca de los Flores Magón, Oaxaca, Mexico
• Producer: Mazatec smallholders of San Lucas Zoquiápam, San Antonio Eloxochitlán and Huautla de Jiménez
• Sourced through: Ensambles Cafés Mexicanos
• Farming: Traditional polyculture with the milpa
• Tasting Notes: Berries, Blackberry, Molasses, Cocoa
• Cup Score: 83.75

Hand roasted and ground to order. Orders placed after 8:30 am are dispatched the next working day, and you'll receive an email as soon as yours is on its way. If anything is ever delayed, which can occasionally happen with certain artisan coffees and equipment, we'll let you know straight away and keep you updated.

ROYAL MAIL DELIVERY – UK

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Next working day – £5.40

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ROYAL MAIL DELIVERY – EUROPE, USA & CANADA

International orders are sent via Royal Mail Standard International and are restricted to a maximum order of 1.5kg.

Europe

0g – 500g – £7.00
501g – 999g – £9.50
1kg – 1.5kg – £14.00

US & Canada

0g – 500g – £9.50
501g – 999g – £16.00
1kg – 1.5kg – £23.00

DPD NEXT-DAY DELIVERY

Orders over 2.5kg are sent via DPD Courier, and your confirmation email will let you know if this applies to your order. Orders placed with DPD before 8:30 am go on a Next Day Delivery service; this doesn't include weekends, so anything dispatched on a Friday will arrive the following Monday.

This option excludes Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

For those local to York, we have free local collection points across the city, which we deliver to on Wednesday and Friday mornings. Orders placed from Friday to Tuesday will be delivered to your chosen collection point on Wednesday morning. You'll be notified by email when your order is ready. Please visit our collection points page for more information.

York Coffee Emporium Roastery – Nether Poppleton

Available to collect from the York Coffee Emporium roastery any time between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm during the week, once you've received your shipping email.

Oak & Smoke Deli – Micklegate, York

Available to collect from the cafe 8:30 am - 2 pm Tuesday to Friday, 9 am - 3 pm Saturday and 9:30 am - 2 pm Sunday. The cafe isn't open on Mondays.

Brew'd – Designer Outlet York

Available to collect from the cafe 8.30 am - 8 pm everyday except Sundays, when opening times are 9 am till 6 pm.

You'll have one week to collect your order from your chosen location. Any unclaimed orders will be returned to the York Coffee Emporium roastery for collection once this period has elapsed.