Peru Organic Chontali

Heavy body, raspberry, red flame grape, almond, honey
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Bag Weight 69 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2021/22
Status Spot
Lot Number P610017-2
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About This Coffee

Chontali is one of the twelve districts of the Province of Jaén. Its privileged location in the high basin of the Huayllabamba River makes it an ideal agricultural area for coffee production. This region is characterized by a good number of lush forests and an extensive variety of orchids, many of which have not been studied in their entirety.

Country of Origin Peru
Harvest Season 2021/22
Coffee Grade PER CA WA SHB MCM G1
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Processing Washed
Variety Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Pache
Region Chontali, Jaen, Cajamarca
Farm Name Various smallholders
Certifications Organic certified

History of Coffee in Peru

In 1897 the Belgian consul in Lima Peru wrote a report that “the coffee of Peru is delicious,” there was every reason to believe he was right. That same year, coffee exports had reached well over 20,000 bags, almost triple the 7,000 bags exported in 1894. But the turn of the century would prove to be a peak for that generation of Peruvian coffee exports. By 1913, exports had dropped back down to 9,000 bags. It would have been difficult to imagine on the eve of WWI that for most of the next 100 years Peru would be numbered among the top 10 coffee producing countries in the world, and even rise to the number 5 spot a few times. Looking back, it's not only easy to understand why, but easy to imagine increasing success in producing specialty coffee as a leading supplier of organic coffee. 

Growing Coffee in Peru

Peru is made up of a wide variety of landscapes, from long beaches to high mountains, from the desert to the largest rain forest. In the north, the second highest mountain rage, the Andes, goes through Cajamarca department and converges with the Amazon, creating complex and diverse orographies and microclimates. Cajamarca’s inter-Andean valleys have hosted coffee crops for more than 200 years and concentrate almost 43% of the total Peruvian coffee production, not only because of its vast lands but because of an ancient coffee tradition that goes back to the XVIII century, when the first coffee crops were brought in and started to be nurtured by the many generations of producers in the region. Coffee has been part of their lives for so long that their inhabitants’ experiences and learnings are inextricably linked to it.  

  • Region Chontali, Jaen, Cajamarca
  • Farm Name Various smallholders
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Pache
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot Yes
  • Status Spot
  • Certifications Organic certified
  • Coffee Grade PER CA WA SHB MCM G1
  • CTRM Contract Number P610017-2
  • Country of Origin Peru
  • Warehouse The Annex

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