The Grinds of Life: Mexico's Struggling Coffee Industry (15 images)

Mexico's coffee industry has been crippled by low global prices for coffee, even as demand has skyrocketed. Mexican coffee has never had the caché of Kona (Hawaii) or Blue Mountain (Jamaica) or the commercial success of Colombian. But in the last few years, as cheap coffee from Vietnam and Brazil has flooded the market Mexican growers have found it hard to hang on.

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