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Mexico Bankilal

Mexico Bankilal

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Bankilal by Craft House Coffee is smooth, easy-drinking, and complex. Sourced from the highlands of Los Altos de Chiapas, it honours the Tzeltal Indigenous "older brother" figure who protects the community. Grown beneath shade trees using ancestral milpa practices, this coffee restores biodiversity, strengthens resilience, and celebrates heritage.

Tasting notes describe the sensory qualities of the coffee; batching aroma, flavour, body, acidity and finish together to provide a snapshot of what you can expect. It's a subjective shortcut, but it's our take on it.

Coffee processing methods refer to the techniques used to remove the fruit from the coffee bean after harvesting. The most common methods are; washed processing, natural processing, and honey processing.

The washed process involves pulping, fermenting, and drying the coffee cherries, resulting in clean, bright flavours. The natural process dries the entire coffee cherry, producing coffees with a sweeter, fuller body, and often fruity notes. The honey process is a hybrid method that partially pulps the coffee cherry before drying, offering a balance between the washed and natural processes. The processing method significantly impacts the final flavour profile of the coffee.

This refers to the process we use to transform green coffee beans into roasted coffee. It involves factors like temperature, time, the rate of heat application, and bean density. Different roast profiles result in varied flavour profiles and we roast our own way here at Craft House. Our profiles are unique and give our coffees character. As a specialty roaster we tend to avoid the darker end of the spectrum but we do crowd please.

A lighter roast emphasises the bean's origin and acidity, while a medium roast balances acidity and sweetness. A darker roast, brings out bolder flavours like chocolate, caramel and nuts.

Weight: 250g
Grind: Whole Bean
Shipping + Returns

We are an independent specialty roaster and aim to roast to order. Our goal is to dispatch all customer orders within 2-3 working days of receiving them at the Roastery.

We roast coffee daily and post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so you should get fresh coffee within 48hrs of us processing your order. Please note that seasonality and peak periods can affect timings.

We ship for FREE over £25* and also offer local collection.

We dispatch with tracked Royal Mail 48 as standard. Please note that we only deliver to the UK at this time for web orders.

Coffee is a perishable natural product so we are unable to accept returns on coffee orders unless there has been an error. You can return non-perishable products within 28 days of the dispatch date.

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Coffee Profile

These are the men, women, families, communities, cooperatives, and organisations we admire. They cultivate, harvest and process the coffees we source and roast, to share with you.

Higher altitude generally means tastier coffee. Cooler mountain air slows coffee cherry growth, leading to denser beans with more complex flavours. This translates to brighter acidity, fruitier notes, and a richer overall experience. The sweet spot is between 1,220 and 1,850 metres above sea level (masl). Below 920 meters, coffee tends to be milder with earthier, savoury tones.

A coffee varietal refers to a specific type or cultivar of coffee plant. Like grape varieties for wine, coffee varietals play a significant role in determining the final flavour profile of the coffee. Different varietals have unique characteristics, linked to acidity, sweetness, body, and aroma.

We aim to work with coffee producers for as long as possible, forging relationships where they can depend on us to purchase their coffee and we can rely on them to produce exceptional beans. It's a two way street, and truly enables sustainability of the supply chain.

We aim to work with coffee producers for as long as possible, forging relationships where they can depend on us to purchase their coffee and we can rely on them to produce exceptional beans. It's a two way street, and truly enables sustainability of the supply chain.

Roast Breakdown

Our role as roasters is to ensure that we are roasting and drawing out the characteristics and flavours locked within coffee beans that have been nurtured and expertly grown by the producers.

It had been a while since we roasted a washed coffee from Mexico so we ensured that we ran a few test roasts in our Ikawa sample roaster first to better understand how it may react.

When it came to roasting the Bankilal on our Giesen W30, we paid very careful attention to the roast profile after first crack; ensuring that the roast did not crash. The result is a bright, sweet and ridiculously easy to drink coffee, whether on espresso or filter.

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The Story

Bankilal by Craft House Coffee is smooth, effortlessly drinkable, and beautifully complex. Sourced high in the misty peaks of Los Altos de Chiapas, this specialty coffee thrives at elevations that bring out the absolute best in traditional Typica and Bourbon varieties. Every cup delivers a vibrant, layered flavor profile shaped directly by the rich terrain of southern Mexico.

The name pays tribute to the Bankilal—the respected "older brother" figure in Tzeltal Indigenous culture who selflessly safeguards the community’s well-being. This spirit of care is woven into every step of production. Local farmers cultivate the land using ancestral agricultural practices, growing coffee beneath a canopy of native shade trees alongside diverse crops in the traditional milpa system. These time-tested methods replenish soil health, protect wild biodiversity, and nurture naturally resilient farms.

Despite pressing modern challenges—from shifting climate patterns and coffee rust to water scarcity—these dedicated producers continue to push forward. By partnering with expert agronomists, farmers combine traditional heritage with modern sustainable techniques, refining their harvest to reach specialty markets around the world. Bankilal is more than an extraordinary coffee; it is a celebration of community resilience, ecological balance, and enduring tradition.

CRAFTSTACK™ Programme

CRAFTSTACK™ is our remastered sourcing and sustainability programme. We only work with high-grade 100% Arabica beans that meet our strict standards. We can pinpoint exactly where our coffee beans come from and who produces them and we always pay our fair share. It’s only right. We set standards, make change, and spearhead a fair and transparent approach to coffee. One that builds genuine relationships, rewards quality, and ripples across the wider coffee community.

We’ve set quality foundations and defined expectations for our green coffee partners, established a ‘lens’ that filters our coffee selections, and made commitments to make change as a result.

We prioritise smallholdings and those farms striving to do better. We form long-term relationships, and repeat-purchase harvests to support our producers. Continued cooperation, harvest-to-harvest makes us all better, bonded. This is the way we forge forward. Progress made, but there’s still more to do.

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