Ballast Espresso

Roasted slightly darker than our Peru Penachi, this coffee delivers a hefty body, a full and smooth mouthfeel, and a lasting finish. Its bold flavor profile, featuring notes of dark chocolate and caramel, makes it an excellent choice for espresso while also shining as a drip coffee. We taste: Baker's Chocolate, Rich Caramel ORIGIN & STORY From: APROCCURMA Co-op, Cafe Du Mujer - Women Produced About: 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. A significant number of 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, depulping, fermenting, washing, and drying is all done at