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Cajamarca region & Cutervo province
The Cajamarca region located within the northern part of Peru, surrounded by the Andes mountain range and within proximity to the equator, has a warm climate, fertile lands and dense vegetation.
It is an area with great cultural wealth and full of traditions that the population has managed to preserve up to today. The province of Cutervo is known for its beautiful cloud forests, moors and dry forests protected by the Cutervo National Park. This park of more than 82,000 hectares provides an ecosystem that provides food and water to more than 90,000 inhabitants of 7 micro-watersheds in the area. Apart from coffee, There’s aslo sugarcane production, rice, fruit trees and cattle for milk and meat as common agricultural activities within the area.
Don Carlos Vega
In Peru, the word "don" in the case of men and "doña" in the case of women was used before as a symbol of respect. Today, in some parts of the country, especially in the provinces, these words are still used to refer to older people or those who are experts in some subject. Thus, in el Sector el Campo, Carlos Vega is better known as “Don Vega”. Don Vega is a benchmark in coffee cultivation. Young and old come to him when they need some advice for their farms and coffee commercialization. Don Vega's opinion definitely weighs heavily within his neighbours.
Processing
Selective picking is being used to ensure mostly ripe cherries are being picked. Once done, the cherries are left to rest for 2 days in order to stabilise, then depulped and let ferment for another 70 hours in open tanks. After that they wash the beans with clean water and put it to dry for 5 to 8 days in tents, depending on actual weather.