Sisters' Surprise Peru - Eswin

Two coffees. One family. A mountain full of ambition.

Deep in the mountains of Jaén, in northern Peru, lies Finca Churupampa. When we visited there last year, the Tocto family welcomed us like royalty. We traveled past beautiful coffee plantations, tucked away among the green mountain slopes, and discovered a place where people are working on the future of coffee with an incredible amount of knowledge, passion, and conviction. The story of Churupampa began in 2011, when the Tocto family decided to take a different approach to coffee farming. In a country where, for a long time, the focus had been primarily on high-volume coffee production, they wanted to demonstrate that exceptional quality, respect for nature, and a good income for farmers can go hand in hand. And that starts with the soil. At Churupampa, there is a strong commitment to regenerative agriculture and agroforestry. Coffee plants grow there among trees and other crops, which provide shade, biodiversity, and healthier soil. The family continually invests in research, new cultivation techniques, and improved processing methods. Everything is tested, measured, and adjusted, with one goal in mind: to grow ever-better coffee without depleting the soil.