Roasting: Peru Warmikuna
Origin | P E R U
In dedication to the female farmers behind the bean, the name of the SMC coffee on roast comes from the word for "women” in the Incan language of Quechua.
The three women behind these coffee beans are Elvira Guerrero and Eudosia Puelles from Jaen and Oralia Guerrero from San Ignacio. Both regions belong to the department of Cajamarca in North Peru.
These ladies learned about coffee from their parents who were already producing coffee, and grew up very close to this beautiful plant from a young age.
Elvira has been producing coffee since 1997 while Eudosia began in 2013 and Oralia in 2014.
Both Elvira and Eudosia started with their own coffee production after divorces with the drive to start something by themselves. Oralia works the farm alongside her husband where each one participates in the production of coffee.
Elvira, with the help of her oldest son and agronomist, Jose Carlos, has seen her farm improve day by day. As a result, her quality of life is getting better. Eudosia has also seen a change in her quality of life, being able to be independent and working in a field she loves. Eudosia has the help of her daughter, Lesli. Being in specialty coffee has changed Oralia’s way of life too. Being a coffee farmer has improved the education of her kids, and sparked an interest for high-quality coffee.
The varieties found in these three farms range from Catimor, Catuai, Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, and Pache, with the size of the farms ranging from 2 to 4 hectares.
Elvira, Eudosia, and Oralia all process coffee with a careful cherry picking of the ripest fruit. It is then pulped and fermented in open-air tanks from 30 to 36 hours before undergoing a wash. Elvira prefers to float the cherries before pulping to remove foreign material such as leaves or branches and the less dense beans.
On average, drying takes an average 15 days but is dependent on the climate. Eudosia dries in a solar dryer, Elvira over a tarp with shade and Oralia in a tarp at the patio.
At SMC we are excited about the flavor profile these beans offer but even more moved by the backstory of these incredible women. We are eager to share their product as well as their story with our friends.
