How is Peruvian Coffee? What are the Coffee Growing Regions in Peru? How to Drink Peruvian Coffee?

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Peru Coffee: The Rising Star of the Coffee World

Peruvian coffee has long been used as one of the blend beans to stabilize the richness in blended coffees, maintaining a relatively low profile in the coffee industry. However, as more people have come to love the mellow taste of Peruvian coffee, it has rapidly emerged in the international market in recent years, winning numerous international coffee awards and becoming a rising star in the coffee world.

Diverse Land Produces Premium Coffee

Located in western South America, Peru has a 2,254-kilometer coastline with a dry and mild climate suitable for coffee cultivation. It also possesses various natural environments, including the world's longest Andes Mountains, tropical rainforests, uniquely terraced hills, and dry deserts. This vast and diverse land allows Peru to produce large quantities of coffee beans with different flavor profiles. Consequently, Peru has become the third-largest coffee producer and exporter in Latin America after Brazil and Colombia. In terms of export value, Peru ranked 12th in the world in 2016.

Over 90% of Peruvian coffee is grown in the northern regions, valleys east of the capital Lima, and forested areas on the slopes of the Andes Mountains. However, the most famous coffee beans come from two regions: Chanchamayo in the central part and Cusco in the south. The characteristics of Peruvian coffee lie in its rich acidity and smooth, full body. Premium Peruvian coffee features intense aroma, smooth texture, distinct layers, and rich sweetness. Most notably, its very gentle acidity makes it easy to fall in love with.

The organic coffee beans produced in northern Peru also have distinctive characteristics. These coffee beans are grown under shade without the use of fertilizers and pesticides. Because shade can slow down the maturation of coffee trees and help them fully develop, although the yield is not high, their quality can reach the level of premium coffee, making them highly favored by consumers in European and American countries.

Government's Strong Push to Increase Coffee Production

Compared to other coffee-growing countries, Peru's annual coffee production is relatively small, so it places special emphasis on cultivating specialty coffee. Local estates not only maintain rigorous processes in cultivation and processing but have also developed mature scales and systems. Thanks to strict quality control, Peruvian coffee receives very high international ratings. Besides repeatedly winning awards in coffee competitions and cupping contests in Europe and America, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has even selected Peru's El Tunki coffee as one of the "World's Best Specialty Coffees."

In addition, to increase coffee production, the Peruvian government has adopted planned cultivation. Juan Escobar Guarda, Vice Minister of Peru's Ministry of Agriculture, also emphasized that coffee is one of the most widely grown crops in Peru and the country's most important exported agricultural product. In 2008, Peru's Ministry of Agriculture passed legislation designating August 28th each year as Peru's "Coffee Day" to promote the cultivation and consumption of Peruvian coffee. In recent years, Peru has developed friendly relations with China. The Chinese government has promised to provide material support to Peru to enhance the disaster resistance and prosperity capabilities of Peru's coffee cultivation industry, and hopes to bring Peruvian coffee to China, opening up huge business opportunities for Peruvian coffee.

Peru's ecological farms originated in 2005 and are considered leaders in ecological agriculture.

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Brewing Parameters for Peruvian Coffee:

V60/1:15/90℃/Time: one minute fifty seconds

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