La Palestina - Peru

INFORMATION SUR L’ORIGINE

We are pleased to present our new coffee from Peru, La Palestina. The story of La Palestina Farm began more than 40 years ago when the patriarch, Don Juan Alarcon, bought this remote land above the village of El Triunfo in San Jose de Alto, in the district of Cajamarca . Today it is the sons of Juan who have taken over the operations of the farm and who manage their respective lots. 

La Palestina is the largest farm in the Origin Coffee Lab Network, with 11 hectares spread over 7 plots. During harvest, the whole family collectively picks and processes the coffees together to maximize efficiency. They all have their own cultivation and processing chain specializations. This allows them to have very stable results in terms of the quality of their coffee. 

Origin Coffee Lab is the exporter in Peru that made this purchase possible. The heart of their mission is to have an impact on the lives of producers through their project called Solidario. In this project, they teach both financial and agricultural techniques to enable lasting change. The progressive Solidario model aims to improve agricultural practices and make coffee farming a sustainable future for the community. This new relationship with La Palestina and Origin Coffee Lab in Peru was made possible thanks to our import partner Apex Cofee. 

Cultivated at an altitude between 1400 and 1750 meters, this coffee is made up of the Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica and Catimor varieties. It is picked when fully ripe and sorted by flotation first, then by hand, in order to remove the cherries that are too ripe or not ripe enough. It is then mechanically depulped then passed under a stream of water to remove the remaining mucilage, before being dry-fermented for 24 to 36 hours. Finally, it is stretched out on raised beds for 10 days for slow, even drying. Round and sweet, it is drunk as much in espresso as in filter, offering a silky espresso or a comforting filter. 

This round and sweet coffee develops aromas of peaches and stone fruits. Creamy on the palate, it reminds us of cocoa and the sweetness of cane sugar.