Peru Gregorio Sullca Mamani
Regular price $ 25.00
We Taste: Cherry - Lemon-lime - Caramel - Milk Chocolate
Light Roast
Yanatile Coffee Heritage: Where Ties to the Land and Community Run Deep
Gregorio Sullca Mamani’s farm is called Chunta Muca, named for a native plant. His farm, among the others in the area, is very remote. It’s located in Yanatile, in the middle of the Cusco Andes, which is about 4 hours from the city of Cusco in Southern Peru. The valleys there are lush, and perfect for growing coffee, but transporting the coffee is an arduous process. Most notably, many farmers don’t live on their farms, so they must walk several hours between the farms and their houses. When it comes to harvest time, this means they must haul the harvested cherry on hours-long trips back home to be washed, fermented, and dried. In addition, most farms don’t have road access, so it takes more hours of walking to reach most farms. After drying, the coffee must be transported in parchment to the nearest road for pickup.
Yanantile’s coffee heritage runs deep, with a history of over 50 years. Most people are originally from the area and speak Quechua, the native language. Oftentimes, when it comes to harvesting coffee cherries in other areas of the world, we hear of farmers getting help from friends and family, or hiring harvesters. Gregorio doesn’t hire harvesters, and instead gets help harvesting the cherries through a practice called Ayni. This is an ancient Incan custom of communal labor sharing, where community members help each other with an understanding of the cycle of generosity.
12 oz / 340 g. Whole bean.
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