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Ecuador

Natural Typica

A clean and ripe Natural Typica, shaped by Juan Peña’s meticulous approach in Saraguro, Southern Ecuador.


  • We left in awe of his meticulous and experimental approach to farming, and we believe the results can be tasted in the selection we’re sharing with you this year.
  • Coffee expression
    A floral & rich coffee
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    250g (8.8oz) or 1000g (35.3oz)
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Varietal

Typica

Producer

Juan Peña


Process

Natural

A clean and ripe Natural Typica, shaped by Juan Peña’s meticulous approach in Saraguro, Southern Ecuador

Floral & Rich

Natural Typica

We were able to taste the results on the cupping table in Cuenca; tables of top-quality micro-lots, with wildly varying flavour profiles and expressions. Juan mainly grows Typica ‘Mejorado’, the enhanced version of the varietal, first grown on Nestle’s experimental farms in the north of Ecuador. Juan puts much of his success down to the combination of high yield and incredible cup quality that these Mejorado plants provide. The Hacienda is also home to plots of Mejorado’s Nestle sibling Sidra, and a very limited amount of Geisha, while a small plot of Pacamara near the top of the farm is awaiting its first big harvest. This lot is a traditional natural Typica, dried in Juan’s plastic-covered drying ‘rooms’. Here, humidity and temperature are measured constantly, with windows opened and fans started by farm manager Segundo when values start to creep up. The overall drying process takes 20-30 days, and creates a very clean representation of the Typica varietal, with florals shining through more typical natural process notes of stone fruit and a creamy milk chocolate like mouthfeel.

Hacienda La Papaya

We were fortunate enough to visit Juan for the first time in November 2021. We left in awe of his meticulous and experimental approach to farming, and we believe the results can be tasted in the selection we’re sharing with you this year.

Juan Peña

CafExporto

We’re excited to continue our collaboration with Juan Peña, owner of Hacienda La Papaya and Cafexporto. Since meeting in Aarhus in 2018, we have purchased many small experimental lots, continuing a conversation through high quality coffee. Over the past two years, Juan has expanded his work, exporting more Hacienda La Papaya coffee to Europe together with us, and starting the CafExporto project, working with farms across Ecuador. We are more than excited to expand our collaboration with Juan, and to share his excellent work with a wider audience. We were able to visit Juan and his team in November 2021, both at the Hacienda and at CafExporto’s base in the nearby city of Cuenca, towards the very end of harvest. Here, we were able to cup an extensive selection of the harvest, and made decisions on the coffees we’re so proud to share with you now.

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Hacienda La Papaya

Hacienda La Papaya is located just outside the town of Saraguro, in the Loja region of Southern Ecuador. The Hacienda has been in Juan’s family since the end of colonial rule, and is a place that holds great importance for the whole family, having spent their summers there since they were children. Juan began to experiment with coffee here in 2010, and moved to work in coffee full time in 2014 after his rose crop was wiped out by a terrible storm in Cuenca. Over the intervening years he has thrown himself into the pursuit of high quality coffee, with a meticulous and scientific approach. This approach, shaped by Juan’s experience in roses and his training as an agricultural engineer, has led to an astronomic rise to very high quality and international recognition, over just 7 years. His obsessive experimentation and need for scientific evidence is a cornerstone of his work at each stage, from carefully applied and monitored fertilisation, constant measurement of brix and cherry weight during harvest, innovation in careful fermentation, to the exacting drying process. Juan’s work in each of these fields is truly some of the most meticulous and effective we have seen in our years of travelling for coffee, and we left the Hacienda in awe.

Technical Data

  • Producer

    Juan Peña
  • Region

    Loja
  • Altitude

    2000 masl
  • Varietal

    Typica
  • Process

    Natural
  • Harvest

    August 2021

Natural Process

The natural, or dry process, is the traditional process, going back generations. When accomplished in a controlled and careful manner, dry processed coffees can produce flavour experiences not found in wet processed coffees, deep fruits and florals, normally with heavier mouthfeel and lower acidity. The cherries are first sorted, and then laid out on in thin layers (2-6 cm) on raised drying beds. These are almost always used for high quality naturals, as they aid airflow around the coffee as it dries, enabling more even drying. 

It is very important that coffees are sorted very carefully early on in the drying process, as all of the cherries quickly turn dark brown, making it impossible to separate under and overripe cherries. The cherries are turned frequently to avoid mold formation or over-fermentation, until they reach a moisture content of below 20%, and the outer cherry layer shrinks and blackens. This process takes between 2 and 4 weeks, depending on weather conditions.


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152 2nd Ave

10003 New York

United States

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Mon - Fri: 7:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 18:00

284 Lafayette St

10012 New York

United States

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 7:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 18:00

Graven 20

8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 8:00 - 18:00

Sun: 9:00 - 17:00

Borggade 4F

8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 7:00 - 18:00

Sun: 7:00 - 17:00

Møntergade 3A

1116 Copenhagen K

Denmark

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Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 9:00 - 17:00

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2000 Frederiksberg

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Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 17:00

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813 Charoen Krung Rd, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong

10100 Bangkok

Thailand

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Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 17:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 17:00

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