Luis A. Vidal is autumn in a cup. We taste notes of orange, baking spices, raisin, and chocolate. It’s the kind of coffee that brings to mind quilts, campfires, and the crunch of leaves. We hope it makes you as happy as it makes us.

 
ABOUT THE FARM:

La Tribu is a network of allied cooperatives based around Jaltenango, in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, operating in andaround the buffer zone of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Most member families are smallholders farming 1–3 ha between ~1,500–1,800 masl, cultivating Bourbon, Typica, and Caturra under mixed shade and largely organic management. The group organized to improve bargaining power, professionalize quality, and move coffee with a unified voice from a region that has long been fragmented by geography, poverty, and limited access to infrastructure (financeand mills).La Tribu’s leadership is young and collaborative: La Tribu coordinates pre-harvest financing, quality control, and exportunder a common brand so families can produce specialty coffee with the patience it requires, rather than parchment tocoyotes. That coordination emerged as a response to price volatility, roya cycles, and out-migration; it’s designed to keepvalue—and youth—on the mountain through dignified farm income.La Tribu’s members reflect the indigenous makeup of the highlands (Tzeltal/Tzotzil communities among others), where land inheritance has meant smaller plots and strong mutual-aid traditions. The cooperative model leverages that social capital—work parties, shared drying space, micro-beneficios—to meet quality specs while navigating structural constraints like credit, road access, and market power held off-farm