La Miel Natural Gesha, Peru
$28.00
Yulisa Carahuallocllo and her farm, Finca La Miel in Chirinos, Peru, are the force behind this coffee. Yulisa grew up in coffee, learning from her father, Efrain, a well-known farmer in his own right. And Yulisa further cut her teeth as a quality control cupper in Origin Coffee Lab's Jaen central office and Chirinos purchasing station, tasting through the good, less-good, and tremendous, and gaining insight on how to produce the best-tasting coffee along the way. Once she decided to return to farming, she named her farm Finca La Miel, after the ground-dwelling bees and the honey (miel) they produce amongst the coffee trees. The farm sits at a sky-high 1870 meters above sea level, and Yulisa has planted a mix of traditional varieties like caturra, alongside small amounts of Gesha to diversify the goods coming out of La Miel.
Yulisa chose to process some of her Gesha using the natural process, drying the coffee in its cherry rather than washing off the fruit before drying, to boost ...