Peru is a country of origin for coffee with enormous potential, but which until now has hardly been on the map for specialty coffees. We would like to change that: With the Norcafé cooperative, we focus on long-term partnerships, quality programs and full traceability of Peruvian coffee.

One of these wonderful projects is “Café Mujer” by the Norcafé cooperative – a community of 10 women who produce LA PERLA community coffee on their small 2 to 3 hectare farms in the Lonya Grande region of Peru’s northern Amazon. The coffee gardens are cultivated exclusively by women – and the coffee production is also carried out by women. Café Mujer’s gender strategy is to advance gender equity and equal opportunities for women. In addition to supporting women coffee farmers, the holistic approach includes, for example, preserving soil fertility and biodiversity.