Description
Who is Ebert Huaman?
Ebert Huaman Villegas is a young and dedicated coffee producer from Salinas, a village in the San Jose de Lourdes District, part of the San Ignacio Province, in Cajamarca Region. He’s starting to become known for his coffee quality and expertise in Peru as in 2022 he finished 6th in a regional competition, Expo Cajamarca, while in 2023 he finished 18th in the Cup of Excellence.
About Ebert and Finca Artemira
Ebert and his family are collectively known as Finca Artemira, named after Ebert’s mother, and has been operational for over 40 years, however, recently expanded under Ebert’s leadership. They cultivate many coffee varietals and other crops for their livelihood, practices regenerative agriculture through coffee agroforestry systems and is continually experimenting with cultivation techniques and processes.
How was the coffee processed?
For all of the higher quality and finer coffees that they produce at Finca Artemira, they undergo a specific process which they have honed over the years. Slight changes are made to the drying stages for particular coffees but for the most part, all washed coffees go through an anaerobic, double fermentation. The steps are as follows:
1. Cherries are soaked in water tanks for ‘liquidation’
2. They’re then sealed in GrainPro bags for 24-hour fermentation (anaerobic)
3. Post-fermentation, the cherries are pulped, leaving the grain with mucilage
4. Another 36-hour fermentation follows
5. The coffee is washed to remove mucilage
6. Drying takes place in a solar dryer for 12-21 days
7. Final moisture content of the coffee is between 10.5% to 11%.
How does Khipu Coffee know Ebert?
We were introduced to Ebert in 2022 through a mutual connection – a friend who worked with Ebert and was a green coffee buyer for Puku Puku, a specialty coffee chain in Peru. It was later in the year in November 2022 that we visited Ebert and his family at their farm. In 2023 we made sure to visit each other in Puno for Ficafe in November 2023 and it was a pleasure to be there while he was awarded 18th Place at the Cup of Excellence awards.
What do Ebert and his family want you to know
Ebert and his family are deeply committed to sustainable and respectful farming practices. They focus on agroforestry systems, soil regeneration, and increasing biodiversity. Although their coffee isn’t officially organic certified due to cost constraints, they avoid synthetic pesticides and fertilisers, aligning with organic principles. The family’s approach to farming is deeply rooted in tradition and education, aiming to produce high-quality coffee while nurturing their land and community.
VARIETAL: Geisha
PROCESSING: Washed (Anaerobic, Double Fermentation)
ALTITUDE: 1900 meters above sea level
OWNER: Ebert Huaman
SUBREGION/TOWN: Salinas, San Jose de Lourdes, San Ignacio, Cajamarca
HARVEST MONTHS: August – October
The Geisha Varietal
Geisha coffee, sometimes spelled Gesha, is one of the most celebrated and sought-after coffee varietals in the world. Originally discovered in the 1930s in the Gesha forests of Ethiopia, it rose to fame decades later when planted in Panama, where its exceptional quality and unique flavour profile caught global attention. Typically, Geisha showcases an elegant cup with jasmine-like florals, vibrant citrus, tropical fruit notes, and a tea-like delicacy that sets it apart from other varieties. Its rarity, low yields, and the meticulous care required to cultivate it, combined with its reputation for producing some of the highest scoring coffees in competitions, make Geisha both highly prized by specialty coffee drinkers and among the most expensive coffees available.
Information and pictures kindly supplied by Mark at Khipu
How to store coffee at home
To keep your coffee as fresh as possible, you need to protect your coffee from air, sunlight, heat, and moisture. These all will contribute to making it stale and lose flavour.
We suggest keeping your coffee in an airtight container, in a cool, dry cupboard. Our bags all have a de-gassing valve, to let out CO2 that the beans produce once roasted, it’s not just there to sniff the coffee, and a reusable ziplock. So if you don’t have a fancy coffee jar just push the air out the bag, zip the lock and give the bag another squeeze to get any remaining air out.
Do not store your coffee in the fridge. Roasted coffee absorbs moisture from the air (hygroscopic) and will also take up surrounding aromas. The aromas and moisture levels in the fridge will react with the coffee and delicate flavours will deteriorate.
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