We’ll be gutted when the Peruvian coffee season ends, we’ve been treated to some absolute bangers this year. Here’s another, this time from new drop roaster Wood St. Coffee.

The coffee beans were sourced from the Castro family and neighbouring farms in Jorge Chavez, Cajamarca. Nelida, Ciro and their son Jenry grow coffee on their farm Finca La Jalca in the district of San José de Lourdes. Like many Peruvian producers, the family saw the price potential for specialty coffee from Peru and reached out to exporters Collective Bean for training and support in improving the quality and yield of their coffee beans. Jenry is now trained in quality control and the Castros have established long term partnerships that secure a stable future and continued profitability for the farm.

For this lot, their harvest was combined with that of neighbouring farmers whose coffee all shared a consistent quality and profile. All coffee in this community lot was washed, fermented for up to 72 hours and dried on raised bends beneath tents for up to 20 days. The final cup is caramel sweet with delicate and clean fruit flavours of greengage plum and watermelon that we think would work brilliantly with a Clever Dripper.