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Peruvian Coffee Production

Peru’s diverse landscapes, from coastal deserts to the Andes and Amazon, offer ideal conditions for high-quality Arabica, especially at elevations above 1200 meters, where Peru’s signature sweetness and acidity shine. The coffee industry is extremely important to Peru’s economy. The coffee sector supports 855,000 jobs, with over half a million people depending on it for their livelihoods.

Cooperatives in Peru form to collectively improve the socioeconomic development of member producers. There is a strong regional unity among coffee farmers in Peru, and formal cooperatives help provide services in processing, transportation, grading, marketing, and exporting of green coffee beans.

Coffee from Chanchamayo, Junin

The Central Highlands of Chanchamayo are spread across 1500 to 2400masl and are part of the larger region of Junin. (Fun fact: Chanchamayo comes from the Quecha word chanchay, which means to walk quickly in a confused manner.) The area is surrounded by exquisite mountains, forests, waterfalls, and thermal springs. The fruit-forward coffees that grow here are filled with notes of fresh citrus fruit, intense acidity, a creamy body, and good balance.

Peru Coffee History

Coffee has been part of Peruvian culture since the 1700s but was mostly consumed locally until the late 1800s, when coffee leaf rust devastated Indonesia’s crops and boosted Peru’s export potential. In the mid-1900s, Peru’s government redistributed land from plantations to small farmers, fostering a smallholder-led model ideal for specialty coffee. Economic planning and cooperative support drove production, though the 1980s coffee price crash led to years of hardship compounded by political and civil unrest. Stability returned in 1992, laying the groundwork for today’s growing Peruvian coffee sector. Read more in our Peruvian Coffee Origin Report.