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🇲🇽Mexico

Chispa Blend

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website

TagsMexico Light roast Orange Arabica Blend La Perla and Río Verde community lots Verve Coffee Roasters Independent

Blend: MexicoLight roast

Brand

Verve Coffee Roasters

Roaster website

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Countries

Mexico

Regions

Veracruz and Puebla · Guerrero, Sierra Madre

Town

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Farm / Station

Varies by component — see below

Farmer / Producer

Multiple contributors — see blend components

Species

Arabica

Type

Blend

Grade

Not specified

Varieties

Various

Process

See individual components

Roast

Light

Tasting notes

Watermelon, Orange Zest, Sugar Cane

Fermentation

Río Verde component: 36-hour anaerobic fermentation before natural drying. La Perla component: washed.

Drying

Río Verde is naturally dried after fermentation; the La Perla component is washed.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

individual producersVerve identifies producer communities in three states but names no individual farmers.
cultivarsThe exact page says “Various” and does not identify the cultivars.
component percentagesThe proportions of La Perla and Río Verde are not published.
harvestNo harvest date or crop year is published for the exact release.
overall process labelThe sidebar says “Anaerobic Washed,” while the detailed narrative describes a washed component blended with an anaerobic-natural component.
roast dateA bag-specific roast date is not published.

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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. Washed La Perla coffee from producers in Veracruz and Puebla, blended with anaerobic natural Río Verde coffee from Guerrero.

La Perla

Country:: Mexico
Region:: Veracruz and Puebla
Producer:: Various producers
Processing:: Washed
Research note:: La Perla supports regional producers through nursery, research, seedling, and compost programs.

Río Verde

Country:: Mexico
Region:: Guerrero, Sierra Madre
Producer:: Various producers
Processing:: Anaerobic natural
Research note:: Verve documents a 36-hour anaerobic fermentation before drying.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Chispa Blend
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Documented
03
The roaster
Verve Coffee Roasters
Documented
04
Varieties
Various
Named on the bag
05
Farms / processing sites
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The growers
Multiple contributors — see component details above
Named on the bag
07
Regions
Veracruz and Puebla · Guerrero, Sierra Madre
Named on the bag
08
Countries
Mexico
Named on the bag

From the producer

The blend draws on producer communities connected to La Perla in Veracruz and Puebla and Río Verde in Guerrero’s Sierra Madre. Verve does not name individual farms or producers for this release.

From the roaster

Verve Coffee Roasters is a Santa Cruz-based company founded to discover and share high-quality coffees while pushing industry boundaries.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Chispa combines a clean washed component with a fruit-forward anaerobic natural component while highlighting producer communities across three Mexican states.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

La Perla

Coffee from producers in Veracruz and Puebla was washed.

Río Verde

Coffee from Guerrero underwent 36 hours of anaerobic fermentation before natural drying.

What was added?

No added fruit or flavoring is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

Verve does not disclose a single unified process for the blend, individual producer identities, or component percentages.

Why it matters

The washed component supplies clean structure while the anaerobic natural component adds fruit intensity and layered sweetness.

What you might taste

Watermelon, orange zest, sugar cane, and layered fruit sweetness.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/chispa-blend

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

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Chispa Blend

Who grew each part of this blend?

La Perla

Río Verde

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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