Peru Jose Nolasco

Jose Nolasco is a continuation of Zest’s work with the Bosques Verdes Co-op in Peru. This coffee is from the 2022 Peru harvest.

This lot has been grown by husband and wife Jose and Diana Nolasco on their farm in the Cajamarca region of Peru. A selective harvest was carried out to ensure only fully ripe red cherries were used in the next stage. The cherries were then floated in a tank to eliminate any under-ripes and ensure no defects made it through. The cherries were then pulped and placed in sealed polypropylene tanks and a one way valve was fitted to eliminate any remaining oxygen. The cherries were then left to ferment for a period of 72 hours when the ph was recorded at 3.5. From here the coffee was washed and dried on raised african beds that Zest has donated for the 2019 harvest.