Peru

Peru has always possessed amazing potential to produce great quality coffee, yet excellent Peruvian coffees can be hard to find. The bulk of what's offered to consumers is blended Organic coffees for which Peru is known. And while the certification is admirable, the quality is often not.

It's a lot of work to find a suitable lot among the abundance offered by brokers and other channels, although they can be found. We prefer to work in a more direct way to identify single farmers or small groups to import, and then we work with mills and exporters to get the coffee out intact.

A great Peru coffee is a clean, wet-processed coffee with striking acidic brightness, a clean cup, moderate fruit or floral hints, and good basic sweetness. The dominant aspect is the top end lively acidity offset by pleasant sweetness. Great Peru coffees are grown at exceptional altitudes, often above 1800 meters, and most of the plants are old Typica variety coffee plants. You can read more about the way we source Peruvian green coffee and link to our videos and travelogues on our Peru Coffee Library page.