PERU CHANCHAMAYO BIO + FAIRTRADE

Our single-origin Peru comes from the area around the city of Pichanaqui in Chanchamayo Province. It is an organic and Fairtrade-certified single-origin coffee, very similar to our Bolivia organic/Fairtrade (which was unavailable for some time due to crop failures) and which we purchased as a replacement for that reason.

This coffee comes from the Aproselva cooperative in the Chanchamayo Valley, one of the country's most important coffee-growing regions, where around 40% of the total harvest is produced. The cooperative is made up of small-scale farmers who produce around 1,500 kg of green coffee each on plots of about 2 hectares. The coffee grows in the shade at higher elevations, where the slower ripening process results in denser beans, which in turn lead to interesting cup profiles.

This, too, is a bold, dry, nutty coffee that is wonderful for making espresso. In recent years, it has overtaken our Bolivia organic+Fairtrade as the most popular classic filter coffee in our organic range. Brewed as filter coffee – in both a pour-over and a machine – it gives off a delicate, spicy note with hints of nuts and cinnamon.