Elver Coronel owns a small 2ha farm in La Flor
del Norte village in the Huabal district of
Cajamarca. Elver’s farm is planted with Caturra
and Bourbon, both high quality varieties which
require a great deal of care and attention. Aside
from his farm, Elver owns a wet/dry processing
station where he purchases cherry from
neighbours and then processes it. Elver
employs workers to carry out all of the work on
his farm, since he is focused on processing and
purchasing cherry. Elver is from La Flor and has
lived there for most of his life, but some years
ago decided to move to Pucallpa, a city in the
Amazon jungle area of Peru, where he started
producing and trading ginger.

Upon returning home he wanted to get stuck into
coffee, but had very little production from the family
farm, so decided to start buying coffee in wet
parchment and processing it himself. This was
possible with the money he had earned from growing
ginger. Since then he has started to buy up relatively
large amounts of cherry from neighbours, paying
good prices for well selected cherry.
Elver pays the producer in cash and collects the coffee
from the producer at his or her door. This approach is
quite attractive to many producers, as they can pay
their staff immediately. Additionally, they don’t have
any of the hard work of pulping, fermenting, carrying,
and drying the coffee, all while running the risk of
possibly ruining the quality if the weather isn’t
favourable for drying. This includes scenarios where
the coffee goes mouldy or isn’t floated thoroughly
enough (leading to a phenol defect), and in either of
these cases, it is then rejected by the buyer.

Coffee Details

• Origin - Flor del Norte, Hubal
• Producer - Elver Coronel Cervera
• Varietal - Caturra, Bourbon
• Altitude - 1800 - 1900 MASL
• Process - Natural
• Notes - Sweet Nougat, Butter Pastry & Blackberry
• Cupping Score - 86