This Mexico Altura Veracruz comes from APG Coffee, a fourth-generation family operation based in Coatepec, Veracruz. The story goes back to 1920, when Antonio Pérez-Redondo Galvan (hence the initials APG) joined Arbuckle Coffee as an exporting agent, stamping his initials on the finest lots heading to New Orleans and Hamburg. Today the operation is run by Ernesto Perez and his sister Givette, who have been pushing lot separation and full traceability by farm, variety and process.

APG also runs the first ecological mill in Coatepec, and their dry mill was selected to prepare the winning lots of the 2022 Cup of Excellence Mexico. This lot is grown between 900 and 1200 masl on clay mineral soils in the Veracruz coffee belt, by partner farms that receive technical assistance from APG. The varieties are a classic regional blend: Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra and Typica. Harvest runs October through March. Cherries arrive at the APG wet-mill, where they are floated and sorted to remove underripe or damaged fruit, then dried on raised beds for 15 to 20 days, rested in GrainPro cocoons and milled at the same APG dry mill, so the coffee never leaves the family’s hands from farm to port.