Isidro Orosco is a new producer whose coffee we discovered during our visit to Peru last fall. His young organic farm is another example of how Peru is shaping the future landscape of coffee. In the cup we find coffee blossom, raspberry jam, and apricot.
SL9
Amaybamba, Cusco
2,040 masl
November, 2024
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and de-pulped on the day of harvest. Dry-fermented for 28 hours. Dried on raised beds.
ABOUT ISIDRO OROSCO
Isidro Orosco is a young and talented producer whose coffee we discovered on our latest trip to Peru. He takes great pride in his farming, using traditional Inca organic growing practices to cultivate his coffee. The result is a coffee as stunning as the land and methods that produce it.
ABOUT SL9
Colloquially known as “Gesha Inca,” SL9 is a rare cultivar belonging to the Ethiopian Legacy group. While its exact genetic fingerprint does not currently exist in the database, it closely resembles SL09, which is why we refer to it as SL9. “SL” is in reference to single tree selections made by Scott Agricultural Laboratories in 1935-1939, and slight genetic variations from ancient, less well-identified references are scientifically acceptable. While SL28, SL34, and Mibirizi are the most widely grown cultivars from the SL selections, SL09—and by extension, SL9—remains uncommon in cultivation today.
Pricing Details
FARM GATE
$17.61/KG
DIRECT
$23.81/KG
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.