Dark Arts Coffee - Bandit Baby - Mexico

Dark Arts Coffee - Bandit Baby - Mexico

Tasting notes: Watermelon, Red Plum, Nutella

• Mexico, Oaxaca
• Varietal: Bourbon, Criollo, Caturra
• Process: Natural
• Altitude: 1,450 - 1,650 masl

The collective of local producers in Oaxaca has collaborated to make a meaningful impact in their community. Instead of allowing cherries to be rejected, as had so often been the case in past seasons, they created a dependable system where farmers received fair prices regardless of inconsistencies in on-farm processing. This provided families with greater financial stability and reduced the uncertainty typically felt during harvest. Their collaborative effort also revived interest in quality; seeing their cherries transformed into a successful, marketable lot inspired producers to take more pride in their work and explore ways to improve. In doing so, the group not only saved a crop that might have been overlooked but also strengthened community trust, supported the local economy, and set the foundation for long-term growth and cooperation.

Dark Arts Coffee is a coffee roaster started by friends in East London with twisted visions of using alchemy to combine fire, water and magic beans into a divine elixir.