And I'm SOOOOO glad someone else agrees that finding a decent cup of coffee here is extraordinarily hard. QUOTE]
I have noticed the same thing. Although Mexico grows mass quantities of coffee, most of the high quality arabica beans are exported to markets willing to pay premium prices. The robusta, or lower quality beans are what is used domesticaly (in Mexico) for consumption. These lower quality beans are also very popular in the U.S. for our flavored coffee market. They mask the rough taste of the beans with flavored oils.
One would think that the quality of coffee would increase when they travel to it's places of origin. Jamaica also exports enormous quantities of coffee from it's Blue Mountain region. But all the coffee I have ever drank while in Jamaica is great, I think that even their domestic product is wonderful.
Even the stuff in the mini packs in your hotel room is good and that stuff is usually undrinkable for me. Africa on the other hand has terrible coffee. It is all instant, never seen them brew a pot. If it has any caffeine, I don't notice it.
I switch to tea when I travel there and any big coffee drinker knows that is just not the same.
I would have thought by now there was a reputable importer and roster in the Cancun/Riviera area.