This coffee comes from the Jaén and San Ignacio provinces of Cajamarca, the third largest coffee region in northern Peru. The region consists entirely of the Andes mountain range. High altitudes, lush jungles and fertile soil create ideal growing conditions ‎
coffee The average temperature here is 24 °C. ‎
These remote areas are home to many indigenous Incas, whose main occupations are farming and coffee production. As in the rest of the country, it is grown here by small farmers, on plantations of about 2-3 hectares. ‎
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Aprocassi is a coffee cooperative of 32 producers in the Cajamarca region created in ‎
2000 and is focused on constant self-improvement. It prioritizes gender equality, engaging younger generations, and trains community leaders to make better business decisions that contribute to community development. Aprocassi also works to mitigate climate change and ‎
preservation of local biological ‎
ecosystems One of such initiatives ‎
the cooperative has a restoration project ‎
forests, within which seedlings ‎
cultivated on the farms of producer partners in Jaén and San Ignacio. ‎