{"product_id":"el-cruce-peru","title":"El Cruce (Peru)","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlavour Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e Passionfruit, Yoghurt, Floral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eProducer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eJoel Marin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e El Cruce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eRegion \/ Country: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eLa Palma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e Cajamarca, Peru.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eVarietal:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e Geisha.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural Process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRoasters Notes:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWe have roasted this coffee to a medium\/medium light level which accentuates the floral and tropical fruit notes. \u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis is a very complex coffee, full of layered flavours. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrew as espresso or as filter. Our preference is to drink this coffee without milk. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel Marin is a second generation coffee farmer from La Palma, Chirinos.\u003cbr\u003eJoel is one of four brothers, all coffee farmers, who learnt the trade from\u003cbr\u003ehis father, Silvestre, a prominent coffee farmer in the area who has\u003cbr\u003erelatively large amounts of land. Joel spent many years working on his\u003cbr\u003efather’s farm and buying and selling coffee locally in order to save up for\u003cbr\u003ehis own piece of land. Now that he has his own 3ha plot at 1800masl he\u003cbr\u003ehas stopped buying coffee and is completely dedicated to his own farm\u003cbr\u003eand production. Joel bought the El Cruce plot in 2020 and planted it with\u003cbr\u003eMarshel (a local variety), Geisha and Bolo (catimor) in 2021.\u003cbr\u003eJoel carries out most of the work on the farm himself, but for the peak of\u003cbr\u003ethe harvest hires workers and calls on his brothers for help with the\u003cbr\u003epicking. The farm is planted with a large spacing between rows in order\u003cbr\u003eto allow for more light to reach the plants and for better aeration to\u003cbr\u003eprevent fungal diseases. The trees are fertilised regularly with chemical\u003cbr\u003efertiliser and the weeding is done by a combination of herbicide (applied\u003cbr\u003eonce a year) and manual weeding with a strimmer or machete in the\u003cbr\u003emore difficult to access parts of the farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoel dreams of competing in local and national quality competitions and\u003cbr\u003efor that reason he planted the three varieties that he has; geisha which is\u003cbr\u003econsidered the best quality variety, marshel which is a local variety with\u003cbr\u003ehigh cup quality and CLR resistance and Bolo which is a catimor that\u003cbr\u003eproduces extremely well and has a consistently good cup quality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lot was processed as a natural, fermented for 12 hours prior to\u003cbr\u003edrying. Geisha cherry brought in from the field was rinsed and floaters\u003cbr\u003eremoved before being placed in plastic bags, similar to grainpro, for a\u003cbr\u003eperiod of 12 hours for a short ferment. After 12 hours the coffee was\u003cbr\u003eremoved from the bags and placed on raised beds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel dries his coffees on raised beds inside a drying tent, or on a covered,\u003cbr\u003ewooden patio. Both forms of drying the coffee allow for a consistent and\u003cbr\u003eeven drying, which is closely monitored by Joel’s wife. The natural coffee\u003cbr\u003eusually takes between 25 and 30 days to dry and once dry Joel rests the\u003cbr\u003ecoffee in his house in the farm for two to three weeks before delivering it\u003cbr\u003eto the Chacra warehouse in Jaen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peru, Natural Process","offers":[{"title":"250g \/ Whole Beans","offer_id":56606772724092,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Ground for Espresso","offer_id":56606772756860,"sku":null,"price":15.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Ground for Aeropress","offer_id":56606772789628,"sku":null,"price":15.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Ground for Filter","offer_id":56606772822396,"sku":null,"price":15.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Ground for Cafetiere","offer_id":56606772855164,"sku":null,"price":15.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg \/ Whole Beans","offer_id":56606772887932,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg \/ Ground for Espresso","offer_id":56606772920700,"sku":null,"price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg \/ Ground for Aeropress","offer_id":56606772953468,"sku":null,"price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg \/ Ground for Filter","offer_id":56606772986236,"sku":null,"price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg \/ Ground for Cafetiere","offer_id":56606773019004,"sku":null,"price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/0820\/1658\/files\/Joel_Marin_Peru.png?v=1775647677","url":"https:\/\/www.rivercoffeeroasters.com\/products\/el-cruce-peru","provider":"River Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}