This lot comes from our exporting partner in Peru, Café Orígenes, who work closely with Cooperativa Agraria Orígenes del Valle de Lacco. This coffee was grown in the Lacco Valley in Cusco by Clara Cespedes. She helped found the cooperative back in 2022 alongside 40 other families from the communities of Mendosayoc, Juihuay, and Umapata. She was elected in the first year to the board of directors, a testament to her strength as a leader and a major departure from the cultural norms of the region. Since then, she has consistently produced high quality coffee, this year being recognized for the first time internationally for her coffee excellence. More than nearly any other farmer, she has invested time and money to take advantage of the nascent coop and establish herself as one the coop's best farmers. Her Typica is classically delicious, but her investment into Gesha and Pink Borbon will pay dividends in 2026. Typically, in Peru, producers do not name their farms, but when asked, Clara said her farm was named Alto Las Maravillas. Farmers here also grow avocado, citrus fruits, chermimoya, guinea pigs, chickens, maize, yuca, and other fruits in addition to coffee.
