Perú Villanueva
The Farm
This lot has been cultivated by Agustina Villanueva and Manuel Villanueva: two small producers from the same family who process their coffee together since they both live next door and have different plots. They have been dedicated to growing coffee for 20 years.
The coffee growers from the town of Huabal are known for producing microlots of great quality. The farms are usually mostly half a hectare where the Typica, Bourbon, Caturra Rojo and Amarillo varieties are grown… In recent years, the Cajamarca region has stood out for the quality of its coffees and, within it, the Huabal district has played a leading role as the cradle of high-quality coffees recognized internationally.
Agustina Villanueva was the winner of the Cajamarca Specialty Coffee Competition in 2021.
Process Method
The coffees in this selection are washed, separated by density, then pulped and the mucilage removed by fermentation in water tanks. This process takes 18 to 24 hours depending on the weather conditions.
The parchment coffee is carefully dried for about 12 to 18 days until it reaches 11% humidity. Finally, it is removed from the drying yards for storage before reaching the threshers.
Origin
Peru is the eighth largest producer of coffee in the world; it has many farms between 1.600 and 1.800msnm, and counts predominantly with the varieties Typica and Bourbon.
Historical data record the arrival of coffee plants in Lima in 1760 from the city of Guayaquil. Coffee found in the inter-Andean valleys and high jungle of Peru a favourable soil to flourish. The altitude, the heat and the sufficient humidity of these areas placed coffee in the late eighteenth century, in the high semitropical jungle of Huanuco, Moyabamba, Cusco and Jaén, in order to satisfy the growing local market.
Peruvian coffees are grown very high in the mountains of the Andes. This exceptional altitude creates coffee with a sparkling effervescent brightness, soft sweetness and a pleasant medium body. Peru is an excellent source for organic coffees, due to the hard work of a few exporters/ importers in getting farms and profits to organic standards.
Almost 70% of the total coffee production in Peru comes from the northern part of the country. Cajamarca and Chirinos are the two areas of extreme attention in fair trade cafes and microlot separation programs.
Peruvian coffees do not enjoy the fame of other origins that have had more time and official support, but it is possible to find coffees of great value in cup that no doubt would figure among the reference coffees for the real coffee connoisseurs.
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