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🇲🇽Mexico · Sierra Sur, Oaxaca

Mexico Finca Chelín Black Honey

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsMexico Sierra Sur, Oaxaca Gesha Honey Arabica Single origin Finca Chelín Enrique López Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

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Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇲🇽Mexico

Region

Sierra Sur, Oaxaca

Town

Candelaria Loxicha

Farm / Station

Finca Chelín

Farmer / Producer

Enrique López

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Gesha

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

—

Fermentation

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Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

gradeThe exact official page does not publish a formal green-coffee or cupping grade; “Specialty” was removed rather than inferred.
altitude mThe farm profile gives a 1,800 m maximum, but the exact lot’s elevation is not published.
harvestThe exact product page does not disclose a crop or harvest year.
fermentationBlack honey is confirmed, but the exact lot’s fermentation environment and duration are not published.
drying methodThe exact lot’s drying surface, shade level, duration, and endpoint are not disclosed.
tasting notesThe exact product page says processing amplifies Geisha character but publishes no specific flavor descriptors.
roast levelThe exact page does not publish a conventional light, medium, or dark roast label.

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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

01
The name on the bag
Mexico Finca Chelín Black Honey
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Gesha
Documented
05
The farm
Finca Chelín
Documented
06
The farmer
Enrique López
Documented
07
The region
Sierra Sur, Oaxaca
Documented
08
The country
🇲🇽Mexico
Documented

From the producer

Enrique López Aguilar restored Finca Chelín and experiments extensively with fermentation, washing and drying.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia identifies this as a black-honey Geisha from its Direct Trade relationship with Finca Chelín.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The release pairs the Geisha cultivar with black honey processing at one of Intelligentsia’s longest-standing experimental farm partners in Oaxaca.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Exact commerce structured

Recorded the archived 12 oz / 340 g release at $18 and retained its sold-out status using two independent exact-product catalogs.

Farm identity preserved

Kept Enrique López Aguilar, Finca Chelín, Candelaria Loxicha and Geisha/black-honey relationships already supported by the exact listing and Intelligentsia’s origin profile.

Lot boundaries enforced

Did not import elevation, harvest, fermentation timing, drying method or cup notes from other Finca Chelín coffees.

Public scoring withheld

Beans with Beanie reports no ratings or written reviews, and Cherrybook’s index relies on roaster-level signals rather than exact-release cup ratings.

What was added?

Structured $18 USD / 340 g commerce data, refreshed sold-out verification, and two exact-product catalog sources.

What wasn't added?

No exact-release flavor descriptors, numeric public rating, lot elevation, harvest, fermentation protocol, drying method or conventional roast level.

Why it matters

Finca Chelín produces many cultivars and experimental processes. Restricting this profile to the archived Intelligentsia release prevents details from adjacent Geisha and black-honey lots from being merged.

What you might taste

The exact listing says black-honey processing amplifies Geisha character but publishes no specific flavor descriptors.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/mexico-finca-chelin-black-honey
· https://www.intelligentsia.com/pages/mexico-origin
· https://www.beanswithbeanie.com/coffee/mexico-finca-chelin-black-honey-intelligentsia-coffee
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-mexico-finca-chelin-black-honey

Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-11-01) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Beans with Beanie and Cherrybook are retained as exact-product catalog evidence for identity, package, price and availability. Beans with Beanie reports no ratings or written reviews. Cherrybook’s index uses sparse roaster-level YouTube and Reddit signals, so it is excluded from exact-coffee sentiment scoring.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Chelín →Meet the farmer: Enrique López →

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FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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