A new Capeltic café opened to the public on February 23, this time located along the pedestrian avenue of Chapultepec in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Mexico.
With this addition, Capeltic now operates five locations, serving coffee and other products from Tseltal families in Chiapas across the country. This café network not only creates a direct trade channel between producers and consumers but also provides a unique opportunity to connect the realities of indigenous communities with urban life. This cultural exchange allows producer families to earn better income, overseeing their product from the coffee farm to the cup.
This latest project is a collaboration with Casa CEM, the Center for Culture and Environmental Education within the city, which promotes various awareness and action projects aimed at building a citizenry that is informed and critically aware of environmental issues. United by a shared respect for Mother Earth and ecosystem preservation, Capeltic strengthens its practices in waste generation and management, establishing a presence within the commercial area as a socially responsible and solidarity-driven consumer choice.
Capeltic is a social and solidarity-based enterprise, part of COMPARTE – a community of learning and action promoting an economy geared towards well-being in Latin America.
The Inaugural Event
Cristina Méndez and Alejandro Rodríguez (Co-directors of Yomol A’tel) welcomed attendees around 11:00 AM. Jerónimo Morales (honey and coffee producer and board member of the cooperative) and Rodrigo Galindo (Jesuit priest of the Bachajón Mission) led a Maya altar prayer, which everyone present participated in, giving thanks and asking blessings for the work and families involved across the value chain. Dulce Rojas (cafeteria director), jXel Morales (representative of the producer families), and Sofía Chávez (director of Casa CEM) expressed gratitude, reflecting on the significance of this new café for all involved.
The event was attended by academics, current and former students from ITESO (Jesuit university in Guadalajara), as well as business allies, investors, and project collaborators in the region. The café will be open to the public from Monday to Saturday, 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM, and Sundays from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, offering a range of hot and cold beverages made with organic coffee, food products, and other Yomol A’tel family offerings.
With information from desarrollo-alternativo.org