Mel Coffee PERU Flor del Valle Washed

This coffee is produced at Flor del Valle, the farm of our neighbor Becerra Fernández in the Amazon region. Neighbor was born in the Loña Grande region and grew up in a family dedicated to producing high-quality coffee. Using the knowledge and experience inherited from his parents, he constantly implements new experiments to improve quality.

The coffee flowering period is from September to January, and the harvest period is from July to the end of December. After the cherry pulp is removed, the cherries are fermented for about 10 hours. After that, it is dried in a plastic greenhouse maintained at 18 degrees for about 30 days.
The coffee is purchased by Norcafe Cooperative. Norcafé is a coffee exporter founded in 2015 by a group of university students. Their vision is to support the social, economic and environmental development of the coffee community. All founding members are coffee farmers dedicated to improving quality and establishing specialty coffee.
Our main activity is to provide marketing support to small-scale farmers and create an environment that allows them to easily access markets. We also focus on improving pre-harvest processes, working towards permaculture practices such as weeding, selective pruning, pest and disease management, fertilizer use, hedge planting and water management.
We also adhere to Fairtrade and organic standards and have full price transparency in how we pay our producers. Norcafe Cooperative's scheme allows producers to command higher premiums than in the past.
When the program was first established, about 100 households participated, and now more than 470 farmers participate in the program.