Peru Amazonas - Green

Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders

Details

Origin

Peru

Process

Washed, Natural

Roast Suitability

Description

Country: Peru Region: Bagua Grande Varietal: Caturra, Typica Process : Washed Altitude: 1,300 - 1,900 MASL Cupping Notes: Graham Cracker, Plum, Milk Chocolate Recommended Roast: City to Full City Good For: Auto Drip, Pour Over, Espresso, Blends Description: Bagua Grande is located in the province of Uctubamba, department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Amazonas, like much of Peru, is renowned for natural beauty, from a wide variety of tropical birds to the Yumbilla and Gocta waterfalls. The region has the ideal elevation and climate for producing high scoring specialty coffee. Farmers in this region traditionally used slash and burn techniques which would quickly embed nutrients into the soil, but also resulted in deforestation of forests. Today, coffee farmers are working to reverse the deforestation through agroforestry models in coffee and cacao production. The bulk of the coffee exported from Amazonas is produced on smallholder farms where they handle everything from harvest to processing and drying. Cooperatives here function mainly as dry mills, hulling the parchment from dried coffee, and warehouses where coffee is prepped for export.