Grower: 124 Woman Members of Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros de la Cuenca del Rio Marañón (APROCCURMA)
Variety: Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Pache and Typica
Region: Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
Harvest: July - November
Altitude: 1500-1800 masl
Soil: Clay minerals
Process: Fully washed and dried in the sun
BACKGROUND DETAILS
Are they looking to support women in coffee? For the past five years, Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros de la Cuenca del Rio Marañón (APROCCURMA) has been working directly with 124 women producers to establish coffee production from farms owned and managed by women. Many women in the northern highlands of the Rodríguez de Mendoza province rely on coffee income to support their families. They use organic practices to manage just a few acres of land intercropped with shade trees, bananas, corn, and beans. After carefully harvesting and sorting cherries, de-pulping, fermenting, washing, and drying are all done at the farm with micro-mills.
