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About this lot
ORIGIN The mountainous South American country of Peru is one of the top producers of Arabica coffee in the world. Its thriving coffee sector is well established and continues to support the livelihoods of millions of smallholder producers. The remoteness of the coffee farms and, on average, small size of these farms has allowed for the development of micro-lots that command higher prices in the specialty coffee sector. In addition, the country’s lush highlands and good heirloom varieties offer the potential for growers to overcome the obstacles of limited infrastructure and market access as production and demand increases. PRODUCER Marcial Olivera Diaz is the owner of four hectares of land in the Nuevo Trujillo village in San Jose de Lourdes, nestled the northern highlands of Peru Nuevo that borders on the Amazonas. During harvest season, Marcial hires seasonal pickers, all of whom live