Peru Paco

In 2018, Falcon Peru SARL was registered as an export company, and a small warehouse with a quality control lab was opened in the northern town of Jaen, in the Cajamarca region. Farmers bring their dry parchment coffee to the warehouse, where it undergoes quality analysis. Some farmers have the opportunity to taste their own coffee for the first time. They receive a cup score and a price offer, which they can accept or decline. In 2019 and 2020, Falcon paid, on average, double the commercial price for parchment coffee in Jaen.

In 2018, Falcon Coffees Peru was established, beginning a partnership with 35 farmers selected based on their potential and willingness to produce high-quality coffee. Most of these farmers were from the Huabal area.

By 2022, Falcon Coffees Peru included:

• 275 producers across 15 districts in the Cajamarca region,

• 3 producer associations,

• 10 full-time employees, 50% of whom are women.

In 2022, the company focused on improving operational and technical activities, which allowed for increased production and the development of their own warehouse facilities. Many smallholder producers lack the infrastructure needed to properly dry coffee, so additional drying facilities were installed near the warehouse to ensure optimum moisture levels and preserve the high quality of the coffee, which would otherwise be compromised without proper drying.

In the autumn of 2022, Peru was selected as the first region to begin in-depth field research into carbon emissions at the farm level as part of Falcon Coffees’ Carbon Project. (https://www.falconcoffees.com/beginning-the-knowledge-transfer-project/)