Medianoche: The rare midnight bean
Limited Edition, For The First Time Outside MexicoÂ
The Medianoche doesn't exist anywhere else. This exact bean — a stunning mix of deep black, rich purple, and scattered cream — grows on a small family farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Puebla, and others who've tried to replicate it haven't been able to.
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A bean that predates the Aztec Empire, hand-cultivated by a single family in the volcanic highlands of Puebla — and available in the US for the first time. The Medianoche is an ancient Ayocote heirloom, grown for over 6,000 years because civilizations knew what they had: creamy, meaty beans that build an inky, rich broth so good it becomes the dish. No synthetic fertilizers and never sprayed with glyphosate. Just volcanic soil, animal manure and careful crop rotations.
This variety exists on one farm and nowhere else. Others have tried to grow it. It hasn't worked the same way. In partnership with La Comandanta — a Mexican mission-based company dedicated to rescuing ancestral heirloom varieties at risk of disappearing — this is a rare, limited harvest. We named this bean, and gave that name to the world. A Name, A Bean, A Choice.
About The Farm
Joel Rivero and his family farm a small plot in San Pedro Temamatla, nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Puebla — the same volcanic highland where Ayocote beans have been cultivated for thousands of years. They farm the way their community always has: no chemicals, no synthetic fertilizers, animal manure for fertility, crop rotation, and a horse-drawn plow still turning the soil. The Medianoche is the result — a bean so specific to this land and the way this family works it that no one else has been able to grow it the same way.
Harvest Info
Grown by: The Joel Rivero Family
Region: San Pedro Temamatla, Puebla, Mexico
Harvested: January, 2026
