The State of Oaxaca is located in the South-eastern region of Mexico; it borders on the North with Veracruz and Puebla, Chiapas on the East, Guerrero on the West and the Pacific Ocean on the South. Oaxaca is a beautiful region of Mexico, with a rich heritage of Zapotecs, Mixtecs, and fourteen other ethnic groups still present in its culture and customs.

Oaxaca is the most diverse state in Mexico, with peaks almost 10,000 feet (more than 3,000 metres) high, caverns among the deepest in the world, virgin beaches, hidden jungles, and luminous valleys that house populations where, as a crucible, cultures of all people who once lived in its midst come together. Amazingly diverse in terms of biological species, Oaxaca is home to approximately 30,000 plant species, representing approximately 5 per cent of the flora on the planet. This area hosts about 10,000 coffee-growing families descended from indigenous Indians. Pluma Altura is one of the most renowned classifications of coffee in Mexico. Grown by a group of small Oaxacan farms, Tres Oros (three gold stars) is the mill name given to this coffee.

Cupping this coffee is delightful, there's a bright fresh nose to the cup, lots of cherry to the aroma. My first sip is bright and spicy, with a good snap and a clean finish. It's the fresh clean aroma and taste of coffee cherry that distinguishes this cup. Malt and toasted grain flavors dominate, with distinct sweet sharp caramel flavors and a touch of sweet almond and dark bittersweet chocolate in the long lingering finish.