"Almond, nougat, green apple"

The Chontali mountain range forms a ring around the Chunchucas river valley in Cajamarca. The steep, forested slopes level out the closer you get to their peaks, at 1,100 to 2,100 meters above mean sea level, making coffee farming possible in the fertile, loamy soil.

Since the 1950's when coffee cultivation first began in Chontali, the region has blossomed with steady improvement, and coffee now grows across 2,700 hectares. Most of the farmers in Chontali are smallholders, with around 2-4 hectares each.

The characteristic profile features strong acidity and body, with flavors of milk chocolate, nougat, almond, and apple.

Coffee in Peru is graded based on the altitude at which it is grown, similar to the grading systems of other Latin American countries. High quality Peruvian coffee is marked as Strictly Hard Bean (SHB), and SHB Peruvian coffee grows above 1,350m.