Specialty coffee May 2025

The specialty coffee of May 2025 is: Peru Churupampa

When we came to Churupampa through former colleague Sara's network, we immediately recognized the development model for small-scale farmers that we promote globally - but many years further along in implementation.

Finca Churupampa is not just another coffee plantation, but a social enterprise model developed by the Tocto family. In recent years, this model has expanded to 30 surrounding coffee farms in the village of Chirinos.

Innovations on the plantations include improved processing facilities, replanting programs with new varieties and new drying techniques, such as raised beds with plastic covers against seasonal rain.

As many as 4,000 samples were cupped in 2018 - no batch is skipped. This coffee is also Organic and Fair Trade certified.

This coffee undergoes washed processing with double fermentation. The coffee berries are hand pulped and then ferment in tiled tanks for 12 to 24 hours, depending on the weather. They are then washed and undergo a second fermentation of the same duration.

Aroma	Body	Acidity	Aftertaste
Chocolate, caramel	Round mouthfeel with a full body	Hints of dried berries	Dark chocolate, cocoa powder, syrup