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Peru - La Coipa

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Bag Weight 69 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2023/24
Status ETA Nov 2024
Lot Number P612909-4
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About This Coffee

La Coipa, located in San Ignacio, Cajamarca, is renowned for its ideal coffee-growing conditions. Situated at elevations of 1,200 to 2,000 meters, the region benefits from a temperate climate and rich soils, perfect for cultivating high-quality Arabica coffee. The high altitude allows for slower cherry maturation, resulting in a concentrated flavor profile. Coffee from La Coipa is known for its balanced acidity and complex flavors. The region’s prominence is growing as more coffee buyers discover its unique characteristics.

In La Coipa, traditional methods blend with innovative practices to ensure high-quality beans. Ripe cherries are handpicked and processed in small, family-operated wet mills. Fermentation lasts 24 to 36 hours, closely monitored to avoid over-fermentation. Drying, a critical step, is done on raised beds under shade, taking 10 to 20 days to preserve the coffee’s inherent flavors. Farmers in La Coipa often deploy organic practices and avoid using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

Country of Origin Peru
Harvest Season 2023/24
Coffee Grade PER CA WA SHB MCM G1
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Processing Washed
Variety Bourbon, Catimor, Costa Rica, Marsellesa
Region La Coipa, San Ignacio, Cajamarca
Farm Name 25 producers

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 La Coipa, San Ignacio, Cajamarca
  • Farm Name 25 producers
  • Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Bourbon, Catimor, Costa Rica, Marsellesa
  • Min Growing Altitude 1000m
  • Max Growing Altitude 2000m
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  • Top Lot No
  • Status Afloat
  • Coffee Grade PER CA WA SHB MCM G1
  • CTRM Contract Number P612909-4
  • Country of Origin Peru
  • Warehouse Continental NJ
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