COUNTRY: PERU
REGION: SAN JOSE DE LOURDES
PRODUCER: ROGER CHILCON FLORES
VARIETY: CATURRA
PROCESS: WASHED Tasting notes: Baked apple, mandarin, agave
We’ve sourced two coffees through Roger Chilcon Flores, our El
Diamante espresso, and the Chilcon Flores filter.
We visited Roger in September of 2022 in the village of El
Diamante, San Jose de Lourdes, up near the border with Ecuador.
This incredibly beautiful valley is well known for its superb coffee
growing conditions, with good altitude and a variety of flora and
fauna native to the region. The biodiversity contributes to the
richness and stability of the soils in the area, as well as providing a
beautiful and thriving natural environment to grow coffee,
Chilcon Flores farms 3 hectares of caturra, bourbon and pache
trees. Once ripe, cherries are harvested and fermented for 24-
36 hours, lending the cup a pronounced fruit profile which is
complemented by a gentle acidity and rich, smooth mouthfeel.
This year’s harvest of Chilcon Flores’ caturra lot is juicy, elegant
and well-structured. This coffee is roasted carefully for filter
brewing and we’ve been getting sweet tomato on the dry aroma,
stewed plum & fresh fig flavours, caramel sweetness and an
orange marmalade acidity.
