Peru
Structural Reality
What Shapes Peru Coffee
Peru’s structural reality
Predominantly smallholders, often remote.
Coffee is almost always processed to parchment on farm.
Cooperatives are the backbone of specialty; without them, lots fragment and quality collapses.
Logistics (distance to port, road quality) are a first-order quality risk.
Growing Regions
13 Regions
Cajamarca (north)
Peru’s specialty engine (when coops work)
Strong cooperative presence; coops often provide:
Amazonas (north)
remote, high potential, logistics-fragile
San Martín (north-central)
volume + variability
Junín (central)
strong coops, logistics penalty
Cusco (south)
high altitude, low volume, slow chains
Puno (far south, near Lake Titicaca)
marginal but distinct