Peru - La Flor

Elver Coronel Cervera is originally from La Flor del Norte village, in the Huabal district of Cajamacra, but now resides in Pucallpa, a city in the Amazon jungle area of Eastern Peru. His small two hectare farm is planted with Caturra and Bourbon, both high quality varieties, which require a great deal of care and attention. 

Aside from coffee, Elver grows and trades ginger and owns a wet/dry processing station where we purchases coffee cherries from neighbours and processes them himself. 

Elver separates out coffee from La Flor and outside purchases, but when it comes to processing and drying the methods are the same regardless of the origin of the cherry. In the case of naturals, he floats the cherry in tanks immediately after being picked before moving it directly to raised beds; where it dries for 25 to 35 days.