Organic Fair Trade Peru Medium Roast

Process: Washed

Roast: Medium

Flavor Notes: Bittersweet Chocolate

Region: Jaen and San Ignacio

Cooperatively gathered from farmers in the Jaen and San Ignacio provinces of north western Peru near the border with Ecuador and processed at the Cenfrocafe Cooperative. There are 2000 coop member farmers contributing coffee cherry and most of the coffee is grown between 1300 and 2000 meters, 4300 to 6500 feet. The contributing farms are very small with average organic production of only 40 pounds of coffee, in parchment, per acre. The coop provides its members with technical assistance and quality control advice, plus economic and leadership training as well as loans that are used to cover harvest costs and schooling for children.