ROGELIO PENA - PERU

FARM: Finca La Familia

REGION: Nazareth de la Cumbre, Cajamarca

PROCESS: Anaerobic washed

VARIETIES: Typica & caturra

ALTITUDE: 1700 MASL

NOTES: Loganberry, sugarcane, vanilla

For our first year working with Khipu in Peru, we landed on this elegant beauty from Rogelio and Franklin Pena. In the cup we're tasting loads of vanilla and sugarcane sweetness. There's a complex berry fruitiness, reminding us of loganberries (a hybrid of blackberries and raspberries ;) ). Combined with a structured mouthfeel, this coffee continues to reveal itself as it cools- a characteristic we always enjoy at the roastery!

In 2020 the father and son team created Finca La Familia, bringing together their family and neighbours to process and sell their coffee directly. Its role extends beyond coffee production, representing a collaborative effort of families dedicated to sustainability and quality. They focus on organic farming practices, prioritising the health of soil and environment. 

For this lot, cherry is selectively harvested, and once pulped, placed in sealed bags and left for 48 hours. It is then dried in solar dryers for around 25 days, until moisture levels are at 10-11%. 

From our importer - Khipu

Rogelio Peña Huaman is a coffee producer from the Nazareth de la Cumbre town, part of the San Jose de Lourdes District, in the San Ignacio Province of the Cajamarca Region. He has been involved in coffee cultivation all his life and since 2020, with the vision of his eldest child, Franklin, they created their own coffee organisation, Finca La Familia. Franklin Pena Huaman is an agricultural technician by trade and had many years experience working with coffee producers before posing the idea of Finca La Familia to his Father, Rogelio. Franklin’s idea was to bring together his family and neighbouring families in and around their town of Nazareth de la Cumbre and start to process and sell their coffee direct. It was Rogelio who needed convincing of this new endeavor because of the risks and responsibilities associated with marketing and selling the coffee to national and international buyers. Fortunately, Rogelio trusted in Franklin, who, alongside a few other cousins, had a fair amount of expertise and experience in post-harvesting while Rogelio and the rest of the family were fully skilled in the cultivation and care needed to produce high quality specialty coffee. Finca La Familia now covers 25 hectares and is managed by six families, one being the Pena Huaman family.

Franklin speaks on behalf of all the families and wants roasters to know that they are a team of young people, full of dreams of being able to export their coffee and provide a better and more sustainable future for all their families. They are continually studying, learning and experimenting with pre and post harvest techniques so that they can increase the quality of their coffee and one day hope to be at a level where they can compete and be recognised on a global stage for their efforts. 

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ALL PACKAGING IS CARBON NEUTRAL AND WIDELY RECYCLABLE