On the most sweltering days of summer, there is nothing like a paleta. The fruit-filled frozen treat on a stick has cooled down sweltering summer days across Mexico and the United States for generations, tracing back to the 1940s when three cousins from Tocumbo, Michoacán opened a small paletería in Mexico City and built a franchise network that carried paletas north of the border. Field Notes' 71st Quarterly Edition for Summer 2026 takes that tradition and translates it into three pocket notebooks — each one named, coloured, and finished to evoke a specific flavour.
Pack C brings three flavours to life: Limón in green, Coco in white, and Mango con Chamoy in red-orange. The covers are printed on 12pt WestRock Tango C1S cover stock and finished with two layers of varnish — a shiny gloss and a frosty matte — that together recreate the tactile quality of a paleta wrapper in a way that has to be held to be fully appreciated. Each cover features a transparent backing card illustrated by Chicago Chicanx artist Atlan Arceo-Witzl in the style of a classic paleta wrapper, with Spanish specifications and a centimetre ruler on the front. Inside, 48 cream-coloured pages of 60 lb Domtar Lynx paper carry a light 3/16" dot-graph grid in cream, suited to notes, lists, sketches, and journaling. Limited edition of 12,000 packs of Pack C.
- 71st Quarterly Edition, Summer 2026, limited edition
- Pack C includes 3 memo books: Limón (Green), Coco (White), and Mango con Chamoy (Red-Orange)
- 12pt WestRock Tango C1S cover stock with dual-layer shiny gloss and frosty matte varnish finish
- Transparent backing card illustrated by Atlan Arceo-Witzl in the style of a classic paleta wrapper
- 48 cream-coloured pages of 60 lb Domtar Lynx Opaque paper per book
- 3/16" (4.7 mm) cream dot-graph grid
- Saddle-stitched with stainless steel staples, corners rounded to 3/8" radius
- Dimensions: 3.5" x 5.5" (89 mm x 140 mm)
- Limited edition of 12,000 packs of Pack C (36,000 total across all three packs)
- Printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.