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LLAMA

Peru - Jaén - LLAMA - Grade 1 - Washed

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History and traceability

The story

Our Llama coffee is a blend of several varieties: red caturra, red bourbon and typica. Each coffee is grown at altitudes of between 1200 and 1800 meters. We source it from the Coopagro cooperative, based in the town of Jaen, located in the north-west of Peru.

Peru is the 8th largest coffee-producing country in the world, and 90% of its coffee production is exported. In general, the agricultural model in Peru is the one that enabled Llama coffee to come into being: a group of small producers, certified organic.

We've been working with Coopagro since 2016, when our Quality Director at the time, César, met them while judging Peru's Cup of Excellence that year. Since then, we have continued to work with Coopagro, particularly on the development of new processes and by exchanging the best agricultural practices, for quality coffees that respect the environment.

A high-altitude blend where Caturra, Bourbon and Typica meet.

COOPAGRO PERU, is a cooperative founded on November 26, 2016, with 264 producers dedicated to the cultivation of coffee. The main objective is to contribute to the development and welfare of all members and their families in the Cajamarca region. COOPAGRO, has its scope of action in the provinces of San Ignacio, Jaén and Cutervo in the Cajamarca region.

COOPAGRO has its base in the city of Jaen. This city is located in a low-lying basin surrounded by a large number of terroirs located at higher altitudes. The cooperative is therefore centrally located and surrounded by mountainous production areas. We started our partnership with Coopagro in 2016, when César, our Belco quality manager, was a judge at the Peruvian Cup of Excellence. The following year, our engineers visited them to share best agricultural practices and the development of new processes with a number of producers in the region.

The coffee producers in the Coopagro Peru cooperative mainly grow a variety called 'Catimor', which has a relatively low yield and poor cup quality. To help these producers enter the specialty coffee market and obtain a higher, more stable income from their production, a project was implemented in 2022 by the Belco agency in Colombia to provide producers with coffee varieties with more recognised profiles.

In addition to this economic aspect, the project is also developing an environmental aspect with the reforestation of land in this largely deforested region.