Cafè Feminista: Montze Olvera

Café Feminista: México Montze Olvera celebrates women producers creating opportunity, ownership, and real economic impact through coffee. This honey-processed lot comes from Montze Olvera and Las Adelitas, a feminist ecological collective in Hidalgo, México, honoring Indigenous and campesina women historically erased from coffee’s value chain.

Montze carries a legacy of care and leadership—running her farm, training other women producers, planting specialty trees, and building community programs that link coffee production to human rights and agroecology. Every step is intentional, ensuring value stays closer to producers and that women’s work shapes the future of coffee.

In the cup, this coffee is warm and rich, with notes of papaya, Milk Duds, and candied coconut layered over a smooth, structured body. Balanced and inviting, it’s a coffee to enjoy on its own or in milk, with every sip reflecting the care, skill, and leadership of the women behind it.

This Café Feminista coffee program highlights coffee from women producers who identify with feminism, and live their lives in pursuit of equity and liberation. We know we can’t measure, much less change, what we can’t name - and the invisibility of oppression is still prevalent. In our learning journey as a green coffee buying business, we have been curious about power, the potential for change through our business, and the governing forces in our industry. The goal of this Café Feminista program is to use our platform, our business, to amplify the work of women leaders in coffee whose work will guide our path to feminist futures. Their work and perspectives are critical in reducing barriers of oppression and moving toward liberation and freedom.

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Produced by Montze Olvera in the Hidalgo region of Mexico, this offering is part of the Cafè Feminista project. As a honey-processed coffee, it bridges the gap between washed and natural profiles; while washed coffees are typically clean and bright, honey-processed coffees often retain more of the fruit’s natural sugars during drying, which can contribute to a syrupy mouthfeel and increased sweetness. Joe Coffee has highlighted notes of papaya, Milk Duds, and candied coconut in this specific lot, showcasing the unique character of Olvera’s harvest.

For those looking to better understand how these specific descriptors fit into a broader sensory experience, consulting a flavor wheel can be a helpful tool for identifying the nuances of tropical fruit and confectionery sweetness. This selection from Joe Coffee serves as a compelling example of the diverse profiles emerging from Mexican producers committed to quality and sustainable practices within their local communities.