Coffee Story
Rosa's coffees serve as an outstanding representation of Peru's capability to produce exceptional coffee. Coffee cultivation in the Cajamarca region has a rich history, largely from small family-owned farms that adhere to organic farming practices deeply rooted in their cultural connection to the land. Producers like Rosa typically grow coffee on just a few acres of land intercropped with shade trees, fruits, and vegetables. Often, the family undertakes harvesting with minimal to no hired help, handling picking and land management themselves. Cherries are handpicked and carefully sorted before being de-pulped, fermented, washed, and dried using personal equipment on personal property.
The PAWQARA co-op is truly a community of friends, neighbours, and families in the Chirinos district who have banded together to work with our partner importer, Swift Coffee, to sell their entire 2025 crop of microlots, of which Rosa’s is part.
Each member's farm is small, carved out of the mountains' hillsides. Producers must either add their cherries to community lots — a mixture of all cherries picked that day — or, if they grow enough, bring their specialty microlot, like this one, which is kept separate and sold separately. The family and community ties with the residents of Pirias, El Corazón, La Lima, and Shimanía Baja and Alta, as well as Balcones, make these coffees an elixir of flavours and fragrances—filling the region with harmony and growth.
This specific microlot is 100% Caturra grown on Rosa's farm in the Alto Shimania zone in the Chirinos district.
