Chota

£11.00

£40.00

Our journey into Peru with Red Beetle continues this season with this community blend from a group of producers based in Cajamarca’s Chota region. It’s sweet and syrupy, with notes of caramel, plum and blueberry.

Delivery Details

Orders received by 9am Monday / Thursday will be dispatched by Wednesday / Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 24 (or with DPD if over 2kg). Tracking information will be sent to the email and mobile provided at checkout on dispatch.

Our Packaging

Our 250g and 1kg bags are made from 83% post-consumer recycled material and are fully recyclable, including the valve and zipper.

Please put the entire bag in soft plastic recycling (LDPE - Plastic #4) along with plastic bags, bread wrappers and any other plastic film.

If you don't have your own kerbside LDPE recycling collection, you can find your nearest LDPE recycling point here.

Sweet and syrupy, with notes of caramel, plum and blueberry.

Origin

Chota, Cajamarca
Country

Peru
Altitude

2,000 MASL
Process

Washed
Variety

Caturra
Notes

Caramel, Plum, Blueberry

Origin Story

Chota is a region high in the Andes, with most of the coffee comprising this lot being grown above 2,000 MASL. In Chota it is more common for farmers to rear cattle (mainly cows), or to grow vegetables such as potatoes and corn. In recent years though, more and more producers have started to focus on coffee.

The extreme altitude makes growing conditions very challenging, but the coffee that is grown tends to be of extremely high quality, in part due to the caturra variety that is widely grown here, but also due to the slow fermentation times in the cold climate.

The producers deliver cherry to Finca Churupampa in Chirinos, which is about 5 hours drive away, although this can take up to 15 hours in a coffee laden truck. Despite the long journey, a lot of producers choose to deliver to Churupampa due the relatively high prices they pay, and the technical assistance that they offer.

The team at Churupampa pulp, wash and sort the coffee, before laying it out to dry, and preparing it for export.