La Higuera

Origin

• 🇵🇪 Peru

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  35
• Clean
  30
• Sweet
  25

History The organic-certified coffee La Higuera is the first coffee from the new Peru harvest that we are releasing this season. This is now the fourth year we are working with this coffee, having first introduced it in 2020. This coffee is named after the small village which it is produced in, and the small number of producers in the village that contribute their coffee cherries to be processed together. Our Roastery Manager, Mikolaj, visited Origin Coffee Lab in both 2023 and 2025, and the improvements in quality across recent harvests have been remarkable. Produced by smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. farmers in Colasay and grown between 1800 and 2200 masl, this washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. is round and sweet with notes of brown sugar, red apple and stone fruit, supported by a refined and elegant acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it.. Specifications country peru region colasay producer multiple smallholder farmers varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. bourbon process washed altitude 1800-2200 masl tasting notesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. brown sugar, red apple, stone fruit