Peru Espíritu Wari (Fellow Exclusive)

This coffee is sourced from independent smallholder farmers in the Cusco region of southern Peru. In honor of this region's ancient past, we are calling this project Espíritu Wari. The Wari is one of the most important prehistoric civilizations in Peru, predating the Incan civilization by at least 400 years. They lived in the mountainous valley of the Ayacucho in the center of the country, a sacred location surrounded by history, magic, ancient cultural artifacts, and breathtaking views. They are the first community known to have implemented terraces for agricultural purposes, and this practice remains in use today among coffee producers who cultivate this coffee. Their ancient capital city of Wari is now a massive structure of ruins located high in the Andes mountains. In 2017, archaeologists discovered the ruins of a huge Wari temple in the district of Vilcabamba in la Convención de Cusco. Today, among the ruins in these highlands lives the group of small-scale coffee farmers we are