Description
Flavour notes: Cherry ripe, almond, caramel.
Producer: Karen Mendoza
Farm: El Palmo
Region: Jaen
Municipality: Cajamarca
Harvested: October
Variety: Catimor
Altitude: 1750 MASL
Process: Washed
Karen Mendoza's family coffee farm is nestled on the mountainous slopes on the edges of the municipality of Jaen. It's on this farm, El Palmo, that Karen learned how to produce coffee. Her parents began teaching her from a young age and six years ago she took over the production of the farm with the goal of eventually shifting to specialty grade. That shift came two years ago, and each harvest since has seen an increase in quality and fetched better prices. Better prices enabled the family to improve their homestead and enhance their quality of life.
What's next for this pioneering young producer? Karen wants to build a wet mill on the farm to improve their coffee even more, and we can't wait till she does!
*** We roast coffee fresh each Monday, if stock has sold out we will ship the following roast day. Please refer to our shipping page for more information.
