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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Pilhuatepec - Washed, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Pilhuatepec - Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Pilhuatepec - Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Pilhuatepec - Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇲🇽Mexico · Veracruz

Pilhuatepec - Washed

Roasted by Black & White Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsMexicoVeracruzWashedMedium-Dark roastCherryApricotAlmondMilk ChocolateArabicaBlendBlack & White Coffee RoastersOwned by FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Blend: Origins not fully disclosedMedium-Dark roast
Brand
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
—
Regions
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Town
Pilhuatepec
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
Bourbon · Typica · Mundo Novo
Process
See individual components
Roast
Medium-Dark
Tasting notes
Red Cherry, Apricot, Almond, Milk Chocolate
Fermentation
After same-day depulping, individual lots ferment for 12–18 hours in tanks or buckets.
Drying
Patio or mechanical drying, depending on the lot, to 10–12% moisture.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • altitude mThe exact release publishes a 1,100–1,400 m range, so no single point altitude was assigned.
  • farm id and producer idThe exact release is a collection from various smallholders around Pilhuatepec and does not identify one farm or producer.
  • blend percentagesBourbon, Typica and Mundo Novo are confirmed, but their proportions are not published.
  • lot-specific process pathFermentation vessel/duration and drying method vary among contributing lots.
  • price usdA precise current bag price was not retained because the release is sold out and archived pricing is not required for the editorial profile.
  • public sentiment ratingNo attributable independent exact-release cup score was found; non-cup indices and untasted editorial profiles were excluded.
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Sourcing explained

Who grew each part of this blend?

This coffee combines separately grown lots. A producer named for one component is not the grower of the entire blend. Bourbon, Typica and Mundo Novo; proportions not published.

Bourbon

Research note:
Confirmed component; proportion not published.

Typica

Research note:
Confirmed component; proportion not published.

Mundo Novo

Research note:
Confirmed component; proportion not published.

Check the roaster’s current component disclosure ↗

The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

A blend contains several origin chains, not one farmer or country. The component records above show each documented origin; undisclosed details stay undisclosed.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Pilhuatepec - Washed
  2. 02
    The brand
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Bourbon · Typica · Mundo Novo
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    Not disclosed
  8. 08
    Countries
    Not disclosed
From the producer

This Regional Select lot combines coffees from various smallholder producers in and around the mountainside town of Pilhuatepec, Veracruz; Black & White does not identify a single farm or producer for the release.

From the roaster

MEET THE PRODUCER | This unique collection of coffee beans from Veracruz, Mexico, was sourced by Cafe Imports’s Regional Select program, which seeks to showcase unique flavor profiles found throughout various microclimates. It has created opportunities for us (and you!) to sample coffee from countri

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A transparent regional blend from around Pilhuatepec that documents three varieties and lot-dependent processing without assigning the coffee to a fictitious single farm or producer.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact regional lot

Confirmed Pilhuatepec, Veracruz, various smallholders, the 1,100–1,400 m range and the absence of a named farm or producer from the exact roaster page.

02
Connected the documented blend

Linked the existing Field Blend record while preserving Bourbon, Typica and Mundo Novo as named components with undisclosed proportions.

03
Documented the variable process

Recorded same-day depulping, 12–18-hour fermentation, washing and the two published drying paths without collapsing lot-level alternatives.

04
Audited outside sentiment

Reviewed independent exact-coffee pages but withheld a rating because their scores are not exact-release cup scores and no attributable independent tasting score was found.

What was added?

Field Blend relationship, four editorial sections, current verification dates and an explicit public-evidence audit.

What wasn't added?

No farm, producer, blend percentages, single-point elevation, formal grade, harvest date, original tasting score or public-sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now distinguishes a traceable regional collection from a single-farm coffee and keeps process alternatives and evidence limits visible.

What you might taste

Red cherry and apricot brightness over almond and milk chocolate, according to Black & White.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/products/r-pilhuatepec-washed
  • · https://robusta.co/coffees/black-white-r-pilhuatepec-washed/
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/black-white-r-pilhuatepec-washed
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 2026-10-13) 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

Cherrybook’s index is explicitly not a cup score, and robusta.co states that it did not taste this coffee. Both were excluded from public-sentiment scoring.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

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