Peru Amazonas - Green

Country: PeruRegion: Bagua GrandeVarietal: Caturra, TypicaProcess: WashedAltitude: 1,300 - 1,900 MASLCupping Notes: Graham Cracker, Plu, Milk ChocolateRecommended Roast: City to Full CityGood For: Auto Drip, Pour Over, Espresso, Blends Description: Bagua Grande is located in the province of Uctubamba, department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Amazonas, like much of Peru, is renowned for natural beauty, from a wide variety of tropical birds to the Yumbilla and Gocta waterfalls. The region has the ideal elevation and climate for producing high scoring specialty coffee. Farmers in this region traditionally used slash and burn techniques which would quickly embed nutrients into the soil, but also resulted in deforestation of forests. Today, coffee farmers are working to reverse the deforestation through agroforestry models in coffee and cacao production. The bulk of the coffee exported from Amazonas is produced on smallholder farms where they handle everything from harvest to processing