About this coffee

Finca Churupampa is a very progressive coffee farm in Chirinos, Cajamarca, Peru. The Tocto brothers took over the farm’s operations from their parents several years ago and are transforming it into a model for economically and environmentally sustainable coffee production. In addition to selling coffee from their own farm, the Toctos provide export and marketing services for 215 neighboring farmers. Finca Churupampa has a training center that is open to the entire community, and works with farmers to improve their production practices to break a cycle of poverty that has entrapped farmers in the region for many years. Churupampa is highly focused on the welfare of both the coffee producers and the environment. They provide farmers with opportunities to improve production practices, focus on organic farming, and utilize a soil management program which produces fertilizers and compost using a diverse selection of microorganisms gathered from the surrounding forest. This exceptional coffee was decaffeinated using the Swiss Water Process.

Flavor

After longstanding ties with Finca Churupampa, we are excited to have their coffee available for the first time as a Swiss Water Process decaf. Across the roast spectrum, this coffee exhibits many of the excellent qualities that we love about the non-decaffeinated version. In lighter roast styles the Churupampa has a pleasant sweetness paired with a round body and notes of homemade praline, pink peppercorn, milk chocolate, and maple. When taken darker we found that the spice notes and sweetness were amplified, with notes of star anise, cacao nibs, and molasses. The Decaf Peru Churupampa SWP is a fantastic utility player decaf that works very well as a daily espresso or batch brew.