Peru G1 Sol y Café Fairtrade Organic is named for the Cooperative that produced it. Sol y Café was founded in 2005 by 27 small producer groups with the help of the Caritas Jaen technical team. Since then, Sol y Café has grown to include more than 60 producer associations, read more
Peru El Santuario Fairtrade Organic is a microlot offering from Don Anibal Jaime, a member of Cooperativa Agraria Frontera San Ignacio (COOPAFSI) in San Ignacio, Cajamarca. More specifically, Don Anibal is one of the cooperative’s star producers. His hard work is reflected in the quality of his coffee, as well read more
Peru El Oso Fairtrade Organic is named after the Andean bear also known as the "bespectacled bear," due to the eyeglass-like pattern around its eyes. This coffee comes to us from Cooperativa Agraria Frontera San Ignacio (COOPAFSI) in San Ignacio, Cajamarca. Specifically, it's the work of 40 COOPAFSI producer members. read more
In Peru, coffee is grown by smallholder producers on farms that are typically three hectares or smaller. Coffee first made its way to Peru in the 1700s and was grown along the coast for internal consumption. Exports did not begin until 1887. Today, Peru’s coffee industry provides income to around read more
Peru Aprocassi is a coffee cooperative in Cajamarca, the northern highlands of Peru. This remote region is home to many indigenous Inca who rely on sustenance farming and coffee production. Much like the rest of the country, coffee here is grown by smallholders with less than 2 or 3 hectares read more
Peru Sangareni G1 Organic is the product of Cooperativa Agraria Sangareni in the Province of Satipo, Junín Region. Junin is one of three main coffee growing regions in Peru. The majority of coffee grown in this central region comes from two provinces: Chanchamayo and Satipo. Here, the mountains and jungle read more
Peru Juan Santos Atahualpa Fairtrade Organic is grown in the Pichanaqui, Chanchamayo, and Junin regions. Adjacent to the forest and at the foot of the highlands, coffee here grows between 900-1800 masl in sheltered microclimates. The coffee is hand and machine pulped using a mechanical pulper. Use of this machine read more
In Peru, Central Cooperativas Agrarias Cafetaleras, or COCLA Ltda., is a second-degree cooperative, meaning it’s a larger representative of 21 smaller cooperatives. In total, it represents more than 3,500 coffee-farming families. COCLA was formed 53 years ago, on July 26, 1967, by a group of coffee farmers looking to secure read more
Coffee has been grown in Peru since the 18th century, but in recent years, Peru has gained increasing recognition for its unique regional profiles, organic practices, and strong smallholder farming culture. The majority of coffee in Peru is grown by small-scale farmers—many of whom belong to cooperatives that focus on read more
Approximately 3,000 farming families are part of the Central Fronteriza del Norte de Cafetaleros (CENFROCAFE), a cooperative that offers members access to training, financing and agronomy advice aimed at increasing yields and quality—with the aim of increasing producers’ earnings. The cooperative also gives each member extraordinarily more power and market read more
