Lucía Muñoz

This is our third year buying coffee from Doña Lucía and her third year selling coffee to Cultivar, our sourcing and export partners in Perú. We were fortunate to visit her for the first time last October to learn from her firsthand. 

Lucía has always lived on her farm, located in the mountains just northwest of Jaén, Cajamarca. The property is planted with a mix of good varieties, including bourbon, caturra, pache, and pacamara. Still, there are significant differences from plant to plant - in morphology, in ripening color, and in the flavor of the coffee fruits themselves - leading us to wonder if there is somehow more varietal diversity than was previously understood...