Origin: Neyber Becerra Fernández - Norcafé Cooperative

Sourced through our partners at Norcafé Cooperative, this coffee is produced by Neyber Becerra Fernández on his farm, Flor del Valle, located in the Peruvian region of Amazonas, Lonya Grande. His farm is approximately 2 hectares in size.

Neyber was born in the District of Lonya Grande and has grown up in a family dedicated to producing high-quality. With the knowledge he inherited from his parents, he incorporates new processes for his washed lots, consistently delivering top-notch coffee.

Looking forward, Neyber envisions expanding his cultivation to 4 hectares of Geisha and implementing Natural processing.

Harvest & Post-Harvest

The varieties of this coffee are Caturra and Bourbon. Flowering takes place from October to January, with harvesting occurring between July and November. The cherries contributing to this lot were harvested at elevations ranging from 1900 to 2000 masl.

Processed as a washed coffee, the cherries are pulped and fermented for 10 hours. The coffee undergoes drying in a solar tent at 18°C for approximately 30 days.

Norcafé Cooperative

Norcafé Cooperative was created by a group of young university students. They all come from coffee producing families and have a common goal: to work together to improve quality and to create more opportunities within their community. The group was formally established in 2015 with the participation of 100 families. Currently, there are more than 470 families involved in this project.

Norcafé works with more than 400 producers, and especially with young families who have inherited their passion for coffee from their parents. They usually cultivate traditional varieties, such as caturra, typica, bourbon, pache, and catuí.

Impact

Through the cooperative program, the producers receive high premiums for high-quality coffee. The Norcafé Cooperative has a lot of young members. Even the staff members are young, something we see as a very positive sign for the industry.

Their mission is to provide marketing services to families of small producers, involving young people committed to generating value within the supply chain. Their vision is to be an organisation with values, providing opportunities for social, economic and environmental development in coffee communities.

The cooperative also focuses on improving pre-harvest processes such as weeding, selective pruning, pest and disease control, fertilisers, planting of living barriers, and water care. With a social, economic, and environmental commitment, the organisation complies with the standards established by Fair Trade and other organic and sustainable regulations.

Norcafé is also fully price transparent about the payment to the producers.