A farm and roasting plant in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico
Cielo Abierto is a family company from Veracruz, Mexico, dedicated to growing and selling coffee: our own high-altitude farm and roasting plant in Coatepec, inside a private natural conservation area at the foot of Pico de Orizaba. Here we grow, harvest, dry, roast and pack — all in one place, from cherry on the tree to your cup. And beyond our coffee from Coatepec, we source and roast other origins like Chiapas, Oaxaca and Colombia. For Colombia, we work in partnership with the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia.
A strategic partnership with the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia
We buy coffee directly from the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia: traceability back to the source, consistent quality across harvests and reliable supply — available in the shop, for private label orders and for industrial volume. And when a project meets the Federación's guidelines, we handle the authorization for your private label to carry the official "Café de Colombia" logo.
The water that gives our coffee life
The waterfall starts right on the farm. That spring feeds the coffee grove and sustains the cloud forest we protect.
More than 20 years caring for this land
Cielo Abierto is a family farm in Veracruz, planted inside a Private Natural Conservation Area in Coatepec, 1,200 meters (3,900 ft) above sea level, at the foot of Pico de Orizaba. Our plot grows under banana and orange shade trees — that shade isn't decoration: it cools things down, slows the ripening of the cherry, and leaves the floral and chocolate notes in the cup that set our coffee apart.
The microclimate does the rest. Fog rolls over the coffee grove every morning during the November-December harvest, and summer rains feed the spring that waters the farm. Cherry that ripens slowly, mountain water, volcanic soil: that's the terroir you can't copy.
I know every plant here. I walk the coffee grove through the fog, I only pick the red cherry, and I don't let go of the bean until it comes out roasted from my own plant. That's why every cup tastes like this land — and tastes like home.Marco Tirado · Founder, Café Cielo Abierto
Two decades of learning the rhythm of every harvest taught us one thing: good coffee doesn't rush. It's cared for. That's what we send you in every batch.
in Veracruz
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Our home: Coatepec.
All of our own harvest is grown in the coffee-growing region of Coatepec, at the foot of Pico de Orizaba — one of Mexico's coffee regions with a protected designation of origin. Same land, same hands, same fog. And when a project calls for more origins, we source beans from Chiapas, Oaxaca and Colombia — the last one alongside the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia.
"Every cup starts in an ecosystem we protect."
This is how every batch is born
Nothing gets outsourced. We only pick ripe cherries to get a clean, sweet, balanced cup — and the whole process passes through our hands.
Cherry by cherry, by hand
We pick only the fruit that's perfectly red. Never green, never over — that selective picking is what defines the sweetness in the cup.
Sorted by hand
We separate by ripeness before processing. Any bean that doesn't measure up gets set aside. What's left is the heart of the harvest.
Dried in the sun
The green bean rests and stabilizes before roasting. It's the patience you can't see, but you can taste.
Our own roasting plant in Coatepec
Our own facility, minutes from the coffee grove. Here the beans are roasted, cooled and packed the same day — no outsourcing, no middlemen.
Small batches, cupped one by one
We roast in short batches and cup every one against the SCA protocol, so your cup tastes just as good every single time.
The farm, up close
Fog, orange trees and high-altitude coffee plants — a walk through the land where your Cielo Abierto is born.
Fog, orange trees and high-altitude coffee plants at the foot of Pico de Orizaba — that's how your Cielo Abierto is born, in every bag.
Shop the coffee from this farm →An award-winning coffee, from the source
The State of Veracruz, the SCA and the packaging industry recognized it before anyone else did. These are the seals behind every bag of Cielo Abierto.
Premio Veracruzano de Calidad 2019
Awarded to Café Cielo Abierto by the Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Portuario — the recognition the state gives to coffee that meets the highest quality standards. That same professional cupping, under the SCA cupping protocol, scored our beans at 84 points: premium high-altitude coffee, proven in the cup.
What people who already drink it are saying
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