Key Origin Info:

Producer: Elvis Tineo Rafael
Processed at: Elvis’ own farm in El Diamante area

Region: Jaen, Cajamarca
Altitude: 1700 masl

Variety: Caturra, Bourbon & Catuaí
Process: Washed and shade dried on raised beds

Exporter | Importer: Falcon Specialty

Cup profile: Syrupy & sweet, dates & plums

Length of partnership: 6 years

Our House Espresso & how Elvis’ coffee fits in this year

Since 2019 we have been continuously purchasing coffee from the the San Lorenzo indigenous community to roast and offer as our mainstay House Espresso. Whilst we’ve been lucky enough to have an uninterrupted supply for the most part of this time, unexpected delays do happen and sadly we are just experiencing some of them at this moment. We have some to the end of our existing supplies of San Lorenzo and our most recently contracted shipment of San Lorenzo is yet to arrive. Of course, we still need to provide a delicious House Espresso coffee with a well rounded and easy going flavour profile.

Luckily, we have this delicious lots from Elvis (whose coffee we’ve been buying every year since 2019) already in stock and it lends itself wonderfully to be one of our Interim House Espressos for the next couple of weeks as we await the arrival of the fresh crop lot from San Lorenzo.

We’re so pleased to welcome back Elvis’ coffee for the sixth year running and it is tasting as delicious as ever. This classic washed lot is extremely drinkable with a full syrupy body, it’s very well rounded with plenty of great sticky fruit notes to lift it up.

More about Elvis & his coffee:

Elvis Reinerio Tineo Rafael is a second-generation coffee producer from the El Diamante area overlooking the city of Jaen in Cajamarca, Northen Peru.  Elvis and his family own around 12 hectares of land between them. Elvis himself owns and manages around 3 hectares, sitting between 1700 to 1900 masl. He is also the one focusing on processing and drying side of the production.

The land is planted mainly with with Bourbon, Caturra and Catuai varieties but more recently some new, rare varieties like Gesha and Centroamericano have also been added. The whole family work the land together, coordinating their picking, processing and drying and sharing their facilities. 

El Diamante is a coffee producing area closest to the city of Jaen, main city in the Cajamarca coffee region. We had the privilege of visiting Elvis and his family at their beautiful farm and found out more about their coffee journey. As Elvis explained, coffee farming has been in the family for a long time, they used to produce mostly commercial quality coffees which they sold at the local market. Recently, this was just about covering their production costs and didn't allow for any investments on the farm so they decided to change things around. Over the last few years Elvis has been learning and implementing improved harvesting and processing practices with some great results.

This is the sixth year of him and his family working with Falcon Speciality (our exporting and importing partner for Peru) and earning premiums appropriate for the quality of his coffee which allows him to make plans for the future, invest in further developments on the farm. As Elvis says: “There is still much more to improve,” and he has lots of plans for the future from constructing better drying facilities to establishing a demo plot for neighbours to learn from on a recently purchased parcel of land. We love his energy and determination and are proud to support him and bring you more of his delicious coffee.