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Mexico - Sierra Mágica — supplied coffee image 1
Mexico - Sierra Mágica — supplied coffee image 2
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Mexico - Sierra Mágica; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Mexico - Sierra Mágica; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇲🇽MexicoWashedField BlendLight roast
Roaster website
Country
🇲🇽Mexico
Region
Puebla
Town
Zapotitlán de Méndez
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Red Apple, Hazelnut, Cocoa, Cacao Nib, Baking Spice, Cranberry, Orange Zest
Fermentation
24–48 hours in wooden tanks
Drying
Sun-dried on patios for 4–10 days
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • altitude mPartners publishes a broad 1,100–1,800 m grower range rather than a point elevation; no midpoint was invented.
  • individual farms and growersGrupo Puhuac and the Zapotitlán de Méndez community are established, but the exact contributing farmers and farm-level allocations are not published.
  • cultivar proportionsCaturra, Bourbon, Typica, and Garnica are named, but their exact proportions in the release are not published.
  • harvestThe reviewed official pages do not publish a precise harvest date or crop-year notation for this release.
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.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Mexico - Sierra Mágica
  2. 02
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
  7. 07
    The region
  8. 08
    The country
From the producer

Grupo Puhuac represents small-scale producers around Zapotitlán de Méndez; the contributing farmers are primarily Totonaca and cultivate heavily shaded plots averaging 1–3 hectares.

From the roaster

Partners Coffee is a Brooklyn-based roaster dedicated to providing approachable, high-quality specialty coffee. They focus on building long-term relationships with producers to source exceptional lots.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Partners' first Puebla single-origin release documents a less frequently represented Mexican origin and a four-variety community lot sourced with Red Fox Coffee Merchants.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Community collection

Several Grupo Puhuac smallholders contributed coffee from shaded plots around Zapotitlán de Méndez.

02
Fermentation

Coffee fermented for 24–48 hours in wooden tanks.

03
Drying

The coffee was sun-dried on patios for 4–10 days.

What was added?

Nothing documented.

What wasn't added?

No flavoring or fruit was documented.

Why it matters

The traditional washed workflow supports a balanced, clean lot suited to both filter and espresso.

What you might taste

Red apple, hazelnut, cocoa, cacao nib, baking spice, cranberry and orange zest.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.partnerscoffee.com/products/mexico-sierra-magica
  • · https://www.partnerscoffee.com/blogs/education/mexico-sierra-magica-2025
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 2026-10-25) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded.

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