- Species: Arabica
- Variety: Bourbon, Mundonovo
- Origin: Peru
- Region: Cusco, Quelluno, La Convencion
- Location: Finca Chiriloma (4ha) Alto Chirumbia San Martin
- Packaging: Grainpro in Jute
- Crop: 2023
- Altitude: 1950
- Collection Period: August 2023
- Processing System: Washed
- Fermentation Process: Dry
- Cup Profile: blossom fruit, honedew melon, caramel, nuts.
The lots from the Comunidad de Alto Chirumbia San Martin are single varieties, selected by Adriano Cafiso and Edwin Quea Paco, owner of Finca Chiriloma, Q Grader, judge of Cup of Excellence, founder of Origen Quea Coffee Company, exporter, and trainer, among the most renowned training schools.
The lots are grown in the shade, within the forest, in the Alto Chirumbia San Martin area, Quellouno district, La Convencion, Cusco region. Altitude ranges from 1750 to 1950 meters.
The five farms together are part of a Slow Food Community in Peru and practice conservation agriculture, protecting the environment and food security. In the cultivation area and beyond, for at least a 30 km radius, no pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used, and the natural growth of plants is favored, gradually replacing monoculture with polyculture.
The coffee plants grow among banana plants, fruit trees, avocados, yucca, and cereals. The soil, enriched with natural, mineral, and vegetable fertilizers, undergoes no chemical treatment and remains uncontaminated for at least a 30 km radius.
After harvesting and initial selection, the cherries are pulped, and the beans, partially covered with mucilage, are fermented for 24/48 hours in tanks. After washing, they are dried on ventilated beds, protected from direct sunlight for 12 days.
Fermentation is done with minimal water use, without immersion. The selection and processing are carried out locally. The harvest took place between June and September 2023.
It is a restricted cultivation area, within the same community, but each producer’s lot is single and of a single variety.
The challenges that coffee producers face to mitigate the effects of climate change, by adopting agroforestry practices, add to those they must face to access credit in often economically unstable countries like Peru. However, this seems to be the only way to protect the environment and biodiversity on one hand, and to rebalance such an important source of income, from which producers have so far been excluded.