#spaincoffee

The sign came from another place. It hangs now above the cupping room.

Las Cañas. Peru. Jose Neiver Quispe. One hectare. Caturra. Washed.

When rust disease hit Peru in 2012, most producers switched to resistant varieties. He didn't. That choice costs yield. What it gives back is in the cup.

Cajamarca sits where the Andes meet the Amazon basin. Jaén has been exporting specialty coffee to Japan, Germany and the United States for decades — not an emerging origin. An origin with craft.

1,650 metres. 18 days drying in the sun. SCA 90.25.

Every bag gets its label by hand. The machine helps, but someone's always watching.

She knows.

We deliver.

Before the bag, the label. Before the label, the farm.

Sandra knows if it's right.

The last step before it leaves.