San Vicente Yogondoy

San Vicente Yogondoy is a lush, densely forested community in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca. Unlike many other coffee producing areas, Yogondoy’s producers typically live in the central town, with their farms only reachable by 2-3 hours on foot or mule. During harvest, they have to move their coffee over the course of several trips back to the city for milling. 

Indigenous traditions are alive and well here. In the Zapotec language, Yogondoy means ‘river of bees’ and many farmers keep beehives for honey and pollination alongside their coffee. Another tradition still very present in the area is the practice of ‘Tequio,’ a method of communal workshare that comes into play during harvest and in off-season maintenance. 

Farmers here cultivate almost exclusively the Pluma variety, a local mutation of Typica with outstanding cup quality that was identified here over 80 years ago. Coffee farms in Yogondoy have a high level of plant diversity, as producers utilize native trees to shade their coffee, as well as for food, medicine, construction materials and water collection.

This is our third time to offer coffee from Yogondoy and we find that this year’s selection offers layers of both soft, malic and juicy, tartaric acidity with a creamy and sweet finish. 

Orders placed Monday - Thursday by 9am will be roasted and shipped the same day. Orders placed after our daily or weekly cutoff will be roasted the next scheduled production day. All online orders are shipped within 24 hours of roasting.