Origin. It’s the place where coffee comes from. A 2009 Trip to Peru Coffee Regions
… It’s more than a place, it’s a narrative, it adds value, it’s … you know .. marketing. Don’t be sad, you know it’s true.
It’s a place with “Suelos Ricos” and “Suenos de Amor.” Everything tastes better at originIn coffee talk, it refers to a coffee-producing region or country; such as, "I was just at origin." Of course "Origin" for most product we use is not.... Or so it seems. But take heart, there’s slick and crappy marketing and there’s actual information that might even complicate one’s understanding of a place, of a a source, of the people…
I traveled with K.C. O’ Keefe and Aleco Chigounis for something around a week, cuppingCupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to reveal good flavors and defects to their fullest...., meeting some “productores de cafés especiales” and learning all about Peruvian JavaThere are several types of Abyssinia variety coffee, but they are not from Ethiopia but rather Indonesia. Abyssinia 3 = AB3. PJS Cramer, a Dutch plant researcher, introduced this variety... from the PeruPeruvian coffees have Central American brightness but in a South American coffee flavor package overall. The good organic lots do have more of a "rustic" coffee character.: Organic... coffee regions of Cusco and Quillabamba.
Actually, the pictures were better than the coffee, and the coffee was better than all the little biting gnats. The trip yielded some great images, but as far as the coffee side of things, it wasn’t that successful.
Here we have coffee sources that I have already worked with, old Typica trees, farms at 1900 meters … in other words, everything sounds fantastic. But actually realizing the potential of a coffee like this is another matter. We needed a certain quantity of coffee that rates at good quality; 86 or higher.
What they delivered was parchment coffee totalling less that what our 2 companies (Stumptown and Sweet Maria’s) needed, and of that we only approved roughly 1/10th of the samples.
The producers at the coop have an option: sell their parchmentGreen coffee still in its outer shell, before dry-milling, is called Parchment coffee (pergamino). In the wet process, coffee is peeled, fermented, washed and then ready for drying... coffee at a lower price locally to some outfit like COCLA (a large Union), and get the standard Fair Trade Organic price, or sell it at a premium to our project, get a great price, but the catch is they need to pick only ripe cherryEither a flavor in the coffee, or referring to the fruit of the coffee tree, which somewhat resembles a red cherry.: Either a flavor in the coffee, or..., and they need to dry it well.
Certainly, if they do those things, they can get an 86 score on the cupping table. But they seem to prefer the first option. They delivered the bulk of their coffee to the local FTOFTO is shorthand for a coffee that is certified as both Fair Trade and Organic. market, and saved only a small amount to offer to us. If what I see in living conditions is any clue, the FTO price keeps them and theirs fed, but leaves little for actual improvement.
The premium we offer would make a big difference. Why wouldn’t they pursue it? A lot has to do with organization. They can get paid rapidly for selling to the bulk local FTO market. To sell to us means a delayed payment contingent on the cupping and approval the sample.
There is an easy solution. Micro-loan programs are broadly available to coops, and are used often. Once they have a contract with us (which they have way in advance of the harvest) they take that to the micro-loan program and can receive 70% advance in low interest loan. They can pay the coop members immediately for any parchment coffee received, then award them full payment plus the premium once they are approved with an 86+ score. The loan is repaid in full each season once we pay for the shipment.
It’s very simple, but it takes filling out some forms for the loan application. The coop leadership seems to lack the foresight and competence to do this on behalf of the members. So what producer would choose NO payment, and then possible rejection of their coffee, when they can get an assured yet measly payment for local FTO delivery. KC has offered to advise and assist them with the loan forms, but at some point, how much hand-holding can you do for producer groups? Is that good for them in the long term?
Once they have received training in quality programs, been show the steps to separate quality coffees and gain premium prices for them, and a way to pay producer-members up front and nearly no cost to the coop, shouldn’t they be able to do these things themselves? That’s the real problem we face in Peru.
And let’s not even talk about training in good coffee practices. Because despite altitude, cultivarCultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.: The naming of a cultivar should conform to... and every other advantage here, the coffee is so often ruined by bad picking and bad drying. That’s first grade stuff. If we could get past those issues, we would delve into the mismanagement of the farms, the lack of pruning, trees too close together, lack of air and resulting Ojo de Pollo fungus, depletion of soils, and on and on.
When you get to those things, you really start to reach the potential of what a coffee can be. In Peru, we still find, buy and offer great lots, which represent only these fleeting moments of brilliance, hinting at what this coffee could be. Sadly we might not ever get there. -Tom
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Cupping in Lima, Peru: The 3rd floor of Cafe Verde, cupping room. Lima Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Cement Breakfast. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) A shout out at the pizza place, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Pointy things confiscated at Lima Airport. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Flying into the Cuzco area, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Catedral on the Plaza de Armas Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The locks to get OUT of Cafe Verde’s back gate, Lima, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The main Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Quechua good luck “bulls” on top of house, near Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) House outside Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Drawing on the side of a delivery van. Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Main church at the Plaza, Cuzco Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rugged terrain in the highlands of Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Divine Revelation. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Between Cusco and Urubamba Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Save water, you drip! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) They made us coca tea for the altitude, I gave them a soccer ball. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The pass between Urubamba and Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Convenience store at the pass, about 14000 feet altitude. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) SM Soccer ball recipients … happy?! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Coming down from the pass, evening light off the river Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Coming down from the pass, evening light off the river – another shot Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Huskies of Peru. It IS cold at these altitudes! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Evening skies, with rain threatening. La Convencion department, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) A high altitude huskie, La Convencion department, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Evening light, La Convencion department, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sunset skies, La Convencion department, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Grave site, with unintended photo effects, La Convencion department, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) We had to share a room, Hotel in Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mr. Bill? Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Big Bucks! Thompson in Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) KC O’Keefe at the Capacy Cooperative in Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Dogs of Quillabamba Peru – (sweetmarias.com) STRONG transportation, on a Tuk Tuk chasis, Quillabamba Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Ernesto on the road, between Quillabamba and Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Dusty, Dusty roads, on the way to Canelon. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Beware of fat people crossing the road, Echarate, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Echarate has 6 million dollars of a natural gas fund to spend. On banners. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Plot with a view, outside Echarate, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Stopping for a quick soccer match in Huertapata Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Church at Moyomonte Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Soccer boys of Huertapata (which means Garden Field, basically) Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Coffee drying, clothes drying. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Meeting with agronomist and producers at Moyomonte Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shy girl, at Moyomonte, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Meeting with producers, Moyomonte, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Grapes at Moyomonte Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Fierce canine at Moyomonte Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shy, shy dog … walking from Moyomonte to Canelon Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Path to Canelon Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shy, shy dog … walking from Moyomonte to Canelon Peru – (sweetmarias.com) New flowers on a branch, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Ojo de pollo coffee rust, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Ojo de pollo coffee rust, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) A few remaining coffee fruits, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) View along the way, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Path through the coffee gardens, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Terrible coffee cherry selection, the end of harvest picking. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rich cigarettes, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Drying adobe bricks, , Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Traditional home in this area. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) No hunting, buddy. Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Obsession over, it would seem, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Healthy coffee leaves, rare in this area! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Amused kids coming home from school, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas Ovalle, typical sandals made of tire tread, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) IMG_3001.JPG Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas Ovalle and his son Jaime, foreground. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas Ovalle of Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Coffee flower buds, Tomas Ovalle farm Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas Ovalle of Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Aleco “El Peluche” in Canelon Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas gets a table; Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Carlotta’s Kitchen (Wife of Tomas), canelon Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Home of Tomas Ovalle, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shouldn’t YOU be in this photo? 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The tree I still can’t identify, 2 years later. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Josefina, at the 2000m village in Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tigers! Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Josefina chasing chickens Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Proud Jefe… Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Hiding Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Aleco and Josefina Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Don’t mess with this guy … Peru – (sweetmarias.com) El Pato Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Convencion stylings, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rat dog, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) There’s a chick on my foot! Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The coffee pulper, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Happy Christmas, 2002! Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Dogs and trash; a good match. Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Another scaredy dog. Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shade trees over coffee in Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chick-a-doo. Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chick-a-doo 2 . Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Remember Fortunato. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Tomas and a Sweet Maria’s soccer ball, Canelon, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Roadside grave site, La Convencion, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Roadside grave site, La Convencion, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The band “Pescado del Rio” was coming to rock the house! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) 2 member of the local band “Pescado del Rio”! Alta Urubamba river. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sad package, washed up by the river side. La Convencion, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Evening splendor … which is a hit song by Pescado del Rio. La Convencion, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Watch out, Kevin is ready with his MultiServicios you! Palma Real, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Cosmopolitan Breakfast after a sleepless night (thunder storms). Palma Real, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Fiording the creeks after a night of rain Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Our ride up the muddy roads to Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Where they burned for cattle grasing (probably) Peru – (sweetmarias.com) In transit to Nuevo Paraiso. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Ay Juan, that’s gross! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Aleco Chigounis and his new lady (the treasurer for the coop) Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Coffee and shade trees, in a blue hue. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) What would you do if you saw a camera for the first time? Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Making a new road to Nuevo Paraiso, ironic a bit. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Shrubby Typica trees, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Path to the upper villages at Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Another “first time camera” experience! Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The school house, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The bold one, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Hamming it up, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Still not sure …Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Getting more sure…Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Verdant path was better than the muddy road. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Getting all ruffled up… Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) J C V D . Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Maize, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Famous Incans (plus toothbrushes) Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Relaxing after a good long walk. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Yet another sweet scaredy dog, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Punker. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Typica coffee buds, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Machete and Banana, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Locals. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) To reach the village, we had to cross on a cart/cable line. Ay! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The seed called Achiote (Bixa orellana), used for spice and coloring Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The river at Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Cutest baby on the trip? I think so. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mother and child, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rad drawing of “Peluche”, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Actual coffee sighting (in parchment, drying on the patio) Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mariposas y Basura Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Kitty of Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) El Presidente of Capacy Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Treasurer of Capacy Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Listening to a gringo tirade (a desreved one) Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Like bored students in class. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) IMG_3318.JPG Peru – (sweetmarias.com) IMG_3336.JPG Peru – (sweetmarias.com) IMG_3347.JPG Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Showdown at Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mama dog at Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Puppies at Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Puppies at Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rooster guards his “ladies”, Nuevo Paraiso, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Blue and Green, Nuevo Paraiso Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Back again on the cable car. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Leaf, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mossy coffee, why there is fungus on the trees, too much shade! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Moss on the coffee branch. Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) New coffee plants in recently cut forest, the reality of Organic Peru coffee. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) New road cut through the forest neat Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Dog and Moto, Nuevo Paraiso, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Suelos Especiales, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Hotel room in sepia tone, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The most “organized” that rural Peru coffee production will ever seem … a nursery. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Can you feel it? Mattress, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Comidas Tipicas, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sexy dog pose, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Further sexy dog pose, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Benji of Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) My new computer desktop image… Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Being utterly stupid and getting vert. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sample roaster, homemade, massive barrels, everything askew. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Listening in at the meeting. Capacy Coop, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Somebody REALLY likes Ruth. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The best coffee mill in town, HVC. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Let the truth be told. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mountain bikin’ art. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Yerbas Buenas, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Hang Onto Your Ego. TP Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Bag o’ cheese. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Bag o’ Chiles, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) One googley eye. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Noble is not a word I think of when I reach for TP. Would you? Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) IMG_3493.JPG Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Beans. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) C’mon baby, it’s okay. We taste good! Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mmmm… feet. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) That mysterious Asian-Peruvian connection. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sleeper. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Say cheese. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Treats! Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mercado. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The kinda scarey meat counter — you’ll see what I mean. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Smart dogs hang out where the meat smells the strongest. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) AHHHHHHHH!!!!! Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Reading up on female bodybuilder #999 ? Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Quechua fashions. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chicks in a box. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chicks in the market. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) I know I have seen this cross-eyed tiger somewhere else … Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Fashions Galore! Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chicken or Fish? Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Modest and charming, it just screams “Eat Me!” Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) As red as the sunset, as big as your ear. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Spare Parts. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Maize Negro. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Corn like teeth, Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Depressed women serve table salt. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Oh my … Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Kitty of Quillabamba Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Carlos the Adventurer (and his Tuk Tuk). Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Deformation. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Misc Meats. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) What UNISEX really looks like Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Heads Peru – (sweetmarias.com) As good as you can look when you’re selling chicken feet. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The most rich, fresh and flavorful, no doubt. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) “Marilyn de Argentina” is bummed she has to play with “La Banda de Lechuga” (Lettuce Band). Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Pulperia Porkys. Quillabamba, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Rock House, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Herders House. Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) That same crazy pass, with half dome to the right. Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Church at the pass, about 14,000 feet. Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Monolithic. Between Quillabamba and Ollyantaytambo, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Inca terraces. Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Incas were here… Ollyantaytambo, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Three strata. Between Urubamba and Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Peru Landscape. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Peru landscape 2. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Art at the hotel in Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Smiling cat at the Plaza de armas, Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Did somebody say “Gelatin?” at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Fresas, melones, uvas, melocoton, durazno, etc etc. at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Bread way bigger than your head. at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Parfait Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Chick Pea. at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Wearing the local tallboy style, at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) The very rare “Double Double” at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Grains and such. at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Mandarinas at the market, Cusco, peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) I think he’s looking at me! Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Uh, goat, I hope. Market at Cusco. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Smile for the camera, dog! Cusco. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Charming window display in Cusco Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Sleeping, not dead. Cusco. Peru – (sweetmarias.com) Har-dee-har. Cusco, Peru Peru – (sweetmarias.com)