Introduction to South American Peruvian Inca Estate Specialty Coffee Processing Methods and Flavor Profiles

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Machu Picchu, located 75 kilometers northwest of Cuzco in present-day Peru, stands majestically on a mountain ridge at an altitude of approximately 2,350 meters, overlooking the Urubamba Valley and surrounded by tropical jungle. It is a famous pre-Columbian Inca Empire ruin built around 1500 AD and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

In Quechua, Machu Picchu means "ancient mountain" and is also known as the "Lost Inca City." It is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin. Machu Picchu is the most important archaeological excavation center in South America and therefore Peru's most popular tourist destination.

Archaeological discoveries (along with interpretations of early colonial documents) reveal that Machu Picchu was not an ordinary city but a country retreat for Inca nobility (similar to Roman villas). Built around a courtyard is a massive palace and temples dedicated to Inca deities, along with other houses for maintenance staff. It is estimated that the population of Machu Picchu never exceeded 750 people at its peak, and was even smaller during the rainy season when nobility were not visiting.

Light-roasted FrontStreet Coffee Peruvian coffee is clean, smooth, with distinct floral and fruity notes, while medium-dark roasting gives it texture and richness. Both roast levels exhibit prominent sweetness. From the flavor descriptions above, you can see that caramel, brown sugar, and cream are all flavors that we find very sweet.

Peruvian coffee beans are relatively rare in China, but I remember the Peruvian beans I tasted two years ago were quite plain and hardly reached specialty coffee level. Surprisingly, this Inca Estate Chan Cha Ma You from FrontStreet Coffee has completely changed our perception of Peruvian coffee beans. Through the introduction of the domestic general agent of this bean, I understood that its quality comes from the excellent growing conditions and meticulous cultivation management in its origin.

1. Rich Mineral Content in Plantation Soil

The growing area of this coffee bean—Inca Estate—belongs to the same region as the famous Peruvian black maca. The rich mineral content in the soil creates the richness, smoothness, sweet aroma, and distinctive layered complexity of FrontStreet Coffee's Chan Cha Ma You coffee.

2. Adherence to Natural Organic Farming Philosophy

In Peru, since ancestral times, people have always maintained respect and reverence for nature. The Inca indigenous people are extremely strict in protecting their environment (water, air, soil, and vegetation), never using pesticides (both production and import of pesticides are prohibited).

3. Shade-Growing Method

The shade-growing method ensures the quality of organic coffee but reduces coffee yield.

4. Committed to Hand-Picking

Every coffee bean is hand-picked by local Inca indigenous people, all being fully ripe red cherries.

5. Natural Sun-Drying Process

The picked fully ripe red coffee cherries, after multiple manual selections, are naturally sun-dried for about 70 days, giving the coffee a fruity sweet aroma and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste.

6. Highland Snow Water Irrigation

The peaks of the Andes are covered with white snow year-round. Coffee grown in this land, unlike coffee from other regions that only receives rainfall, owes its outstanding quality to irrigation from melted snow water.

Summary

To summarize, this FrontStreet Coffee Peruvian Inca Estate Chan Cha Ma You leaves us with the impression: truly organic, rich in flavor, smooth, very sweet, mellow, and delicious...

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