Queen City Coffee - Bella Vista Mexico (12oz.)
About The Product: There is no better way then to start your morning off with a cup of a coffee, and this wholebean (12oz.) blend is of Mayan harvest that has notes of cherry cola, carmel, and washed bourbon. They have been roasting this coffee for 4 years in a row, and has a truly amazing story and meaning behind each bean. Sourced from small family-owned farms in and around the remote town of Bella Vista in the mountainous state of Chiapas, Mexico, this coffee is the labor of love of Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia. Rosalba, whose family has a long history of growing coffee in Bella Vista, has dedicated herself to helping women producers with small plots of land (averaging 5 acres) earn a better price for their coffee under the banner of her company, Mayan Harvest. Queen City had the opportunity to witness first-hand the work Rosalba is doing in Bella Vista in July '23 and we were amazed at the resilience of both Rosalba and the members of the Mayan Harvest Women's Group. Your purchase of their coffee is the continued support of their movement to overcome poverty and exploitation in the most truly genuine, collective way possible.
About The Company: We believe that honest relationships, from farmers to consumers, achieve an equitable and sustainable coffee supply chain. In many ways, Queen City started in the mid-2000s while we worked, researched, and played in rural Africa. From Zimbabwe to Rwanda, we spent nearly a decade coordinating humanitarian programs, organizing research projects, and kicking around on humble soccer fields with friends. We learned about community in Africa — real, honest community.
Life eventually brought us back to our roots, back to Colorado and the great city of Denver. Along the way, we indulged our passion for coffee by moonlighting as baristas and roasters, and this made our next project an easy progression — we love our farmer friends + we love our city, the Queen City of the Plains + we love coffee — so we started a company that combines all these things!
Collective coffee means we’re doing this together — we have real, tangible connection with our coffee farmers; we know the conditions of their production; we then small-batch roast their coffee in the city we love and we proudly serve it in Denver’s historic Baker neighborhood. We believe everyone is welcome to this ragtag group because good coffee should build the collective good.
