Coatl Coffee at Fallbrook Farmers Market

Robert Sommers

Special to Village News

There is a Saturday farmers market on my block every week. It is a work in progress and was sort of a pain in the beginning but I have made my peace with it and it does bring folks downtown, which is a good thing.

I try to see who is out there selling and I met this new vendor today, Michael Contrestano, who works for Coatl Coffee. Coatl is a small coffee operation, organic, non-GMO, essentially fair trade, as its beans are largely grown on one of the founder's relative's farm in Chiapas.

The coffee is naturally grown and mold free. He gave me a small sho...