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Peru Finca El Pino

Ever Castillo

In the municipality of San Jose del Alto, in the province of Jaen up in the north of Peru, we arrive to the farm of Ever Castillo, El Pino. Here he has been producing coffee for 12 years. His current ventures are to improve his drying stations, have more varieties and plant native trees for shade.

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Variety: Caturra
Process: washed with extended fermentation

Flavour: red apple, nougat, nashi pear

Body:   Acidity:

Roast: Omni (filter + espresso)

Producer: Ever Castillo

Region: Cajamarca, Peru

Altitude: 2074m above sea level

In the municipality of San Jose del Alto, in the province of Jaen up in the north of Peru is Ever Castillo’s farm, El Pino. He’s been producing coffee here for 12 years.

His parents are also coffee producers, and after a stint working on the coast he returned to the family farm and decided to start growing coffee. At first he helped his father but he was eventually able to buy a small piece of land to start his own coffee production.

Over time he reinvested to acquire land and increase the size of the farm to what it is today, and in improving the quality of his crop and drying stations. With the assistance of technicians from PECA (the Peru grower education arm of Caravela, our sourcing partner for this coffee) his crop has really gone from strength to strength. He’s now experimenting with new varietals, and is planting native trees to provide shade for the coffee crop.

Ever feels proud of what he has been able to achieve through coffee – he’s now known in the area for the quality of his crop.

Washed process coffee

Explanation here.

Caturra variety

Caturra is a natural mutation of Bourbon that was originally discovered in Brazil in 1937, considered to be the first naturally occurring mutation ever discovered.

100% Caturra coffee beans, provided by Caravela and roasted by us on Gadigal land / Sydney.

Country grade: Unknown ?

Bag: ABA Certified home compostable
Label: Recyclable
Valve (on bags larger than 250g): General waste
Coffee ordered online is shipped in a recyclable cardboard box

Brewing this coffee

We recommend brewing this coffee 15–49 days post-roast. If pre-ground, brew as soon as possible. Our advice on storing coffee.

1:3
dose:yield
ratio

To brew on espresso, we recommend using 20g of beans (dose) to get 60g of espresso out (yield), during 24-28 seconds.

g dose
g yield
View the how to brew espresso (single origin) guide.

1:16.7
beans:water
ratio

To brew in infusion/fed brewers (V60, Chemex) use a ratio of 1:16.7 ratio of beans:water.

g beans
g water
View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:14.3
beans:water
ratio

To brew in immersion brewers (plunger, AeroPress, Kalita, batch brewer) we recommend using a 1:14.3 ratio of beans:water

g beans
g water
View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:12
beans:water
ratio

To brew as cold brew we recommend using a 1:12 ratio of beans:water

g beans
g water
View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

In the municipality of San Jose del Alto, in the province of Jaen up in the north of Peru is Ever Castillo’s farm, El Pino. He’s been producing coffee here for 12 years.

His parents are also coffee producers, and after a stint working on the coast he returned to the family farm and decided to start growing coffee. At first he helped his father but he was eventually able to buy a small piece of land to start his own coffee production.

Over time he reinvested to acquire land and increase the size of the farm to what it is today, and in improving the quality of his crop and drying stations. With the assistance of technicians from PECA (the Peru grower education arm of Caravela, our sourcing partner for this coffee) his crop has really gone from strength to strength. He’s now experimenting with new varietals, and is planting native trees to provide shade for the coffee crop.

Ever feels proud of what he has been able to achieve through coffee – he’s now known in the area for the quality of his crop.

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