Roaster’s Report - Peru Lidia Montalvo

Coffee description: Lidia Consuelos Montalvo is one of our top producer partners in all of Southern Peru. Born in the coffee producing town of Alto Colca in 1978, she’s been cultivating coffee for several years since inheriting her family’s farm. The farm encompasses 3.25 hectares, all dedicated to coffee production. She intersperses Typica and Bourbon varieties among shade trees, including Albizia and Pacay. After processing, she loads parchment onto mules to be delivered to the nearest access road. Lidia is a passionate coffee producer and wishes to obtain national and international recognition in the future. The name of her farm "Parahuayniyoc" is a Quechua word that means rainy and humid place, crediting the climate of her farms with the immense quality of her coffee.

Source: Red Fox Coffee Merchants

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Country: Peru

Growing region: Cusco

Elevation: 1875 masl

Coffee varietal: Typica

Processing: Fully Washed. 36-46 hours wet, and dried for 15-20 days on raised beds

Green coffee transparency: 2282lbs @ $4.00/lb, December 2023 (Commodity coffee price: $1.83/lb. Why is this important? Coffee pricing is complex and multifaceted, and sharing what we paid is an incomplete picture, but we believe in sharing the data we have available, hoping that will embolden others to do the same, with the ultimate goal of getting producers fairer pay for their excellent work.)

Length of Relationship: Red Fox Coffee Merchants, since 2021. Culco, since 2022

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