Peru Altiplano Vicente Guevara Cotrina

Whole bean coffee

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Origin: Peru

Region: Cajamarca

Province: Chota

Municipality: Querocoto

Community: Maraybamba

Farm name: El Chirimoyo

Farm area: 1.5 hectares

Producer: Vicente Guevara Cotrina

Elevation: 2248 masl

Process: Washed, 60-hour fermentation in cement tanks, dried on raised beds

Varieties: Castillo, Caturra

Tasting notes: Caramel, plum, banana

Peru Altiplano is one of our signature single origin offerings, a label that we bring back each season to showcase the coffees that we feel best represent Peru’s “taste of place”. The Altiplano, or “high plain” in Spanish, is the Andean plateau, the roof of South America, and is a metaphor for the way we view the present and future of coffee in Peru.

This version of Altiplano was produced by Vicente Guevara Cotrina in the Cajamarca region of Peru. Vicente’s one and a half hectare farm, El Chirimoyo, sits at a staggering 2248 meters above sea level. The farm is named after the abundance of custard apple trees (chirimoyas) found there. Ten years ago, in a strategic decision to improve his family’s quality of life, Vicente replaced his cattle pastures with coffee trees, and the results have paid off.

Vicente ferments his coffee in cement tanks for 60 hours, and dries it in covered solar drying houses for 10 to 20 days. We taste a clean and balanced cup with notes of caramel, plum, and banana.

Transparency

This is our ninth year buying from Peru through our partners at Red Fox Coffee Merchants. We scored this coffee 86.5 points and bought 10 69kg bags for $6.05/lb EXW.

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Photo credit: Red Fox Coffee Merchants