Café Colón
Café Colón sells 20 varieties of coffee for about $2.50 a pound.
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Mexico's finest export coffee is grown in this region, specifically in the highlands around the gorgeous colonial towns of Coatepec and Xico, less than 10 km (6 mi) from Xalapa. Shops selling the prized café de altura (coffee of the highlands) abound.
Café Colón sells 20 varieties of coffee for about $2.50 a pound.
Cafécali serves a wide selection of excellent coffees at good prices.
Callejón del Diamante, also known as Calle Antonio M. Rivera, is a captivating pedestrian street with vendors hawking inexpensive jewelry, handwoven baskets, and fleece-lined slippers.
The Mercado Jaureguí, open daily, is an indoor bazaar with everything from jewelry, blankets, and fresh vegetables to some rather dubious-looking natural "healing" potions and supposedly aphrodisiacal body pastes.