Finca Chanjul was founded by the Luethje family in 1925 in the province of Motozintla, Chiapas, south of the slopes of the Biosphere Reserve of Tacana Volcano.
Today, the farm is owned by the exporter group Ecom, which continues the tradition of maintaining the family's high respect for nature; because of this respect, Ecom has implemented many conservation best practices, like a waste-water treatment plant, conservation of soil, and diverse shade throughout the coffee plantation with trees like guaba, walnut, mahogany, Spanish cedar, inga, and nispero, among others.
The farm’s production area is 212 hectares, and 10% of the land is primary forest and river buffer zones. During the eight of harvest season, the farm has a temporary population of up to 400 people, all of whom help to produce the annual coffee yield of 330,400 pounds.
Read more about Lo Mejor de Mexico cupping competition 2015 on this blog post.
Read more from the Lo Mejor de Mexico we held in 2014 here, and see more photos from Mexico here.
