This is the dark roast version of our Peru Cafe De Mujer Aproccurma.
This latest arrival (late December 2024) is from Cafe De Mujer
Aproccurma (Coffee Women of Aproccurma). As the name suggests, the
cooperative - Asociacion de Productores Cafetaleros de la Cuenca del Rio
Marañón (APROCCURMA) - represents a membership of female coffee
producers.
For the past 5 years APROCCURMA has been working with
124 women producers in the northern highlands of the Rodríguez de
Mendoza province to cultivate coffee on farms they owned and manage.
Many women in this province depend on coffee income to sustain their
families. They use organic methods on their small plots of land which
are intercropped with shade trees, bananas, corn, and beans. The entire
process of harvesting, sorting cherries, depulping, fermenting, washing,
and drying is meticulously carried out on the farm using micro-mills,
rather than requiring that freshly harvested coffee cherry make it to a
processing facility in the small time between steps. Such micro-mills
can be shared on one or several area farms.

APROCCURMA coordinates investments in basic infrastructure needs, such as road improvements, establishing local warehouses, and preparing coffee for export, ensuring traceability and quality control throughout the post-harvest process. Additionally, APROCCURMA offers women producers financing, training, and technical assistance to enhance coffee quality. The cooperative aims to improve the quality of life for coffee producers and their families by marketing their coffee internationally, thereby securing better premiums based on quality and certification.
Peru is the world's leading producer of organic coffee. This lot is both Fair Trade USA and USDA Organic Certified.