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PAWQARA

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Soft, baked-apple acidity, toffee-like sweetness, and a finish reminiscent of milk chocolate make for a structured and comforting all day coffee. By structured, we really mean it…that initial soft acidity gives way perfectly to mid-sip sweetness, followed up by a clean chocolate finish that lingers for just the right amount of time.

PAWQARA: Mujeres Fuertes y Resilientes (Strong and Resilient Women) is a women led coffee growing co-op in the Chirinos district of Peru. We are honored to be able to share a coffee from Maria Fernandez Izquierdo and the PAWQARA co-op.

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Soft, baked-apple acidity, toffee-like sweetness, and a finish reminiscent of milk chocolate make for a structured and comforting all day coffee. By structured, we really mean it…that initial soft acidity gives way perfectly to mid-sip sweetness, followed up by a clean chocolate finish that lingers for just the right amount of time.

PAWQARA: Mujeres Fuertes y Resilientes (Strong and Resilient Women) is a women led coffee growing co-op in the Chirinos district of Peru. We are honored to be able to share a coffee from Maria Fernandez Izquierdo and the PAWQARA co-op.

CUPPING NOTES
Baked apple, milk chocolate, toffee, caramel, stone fruit

MORE ABOUT THIS COFFEE
The PAWQARA co-op is truly a community of friends, neighbors, and families in the Chirinos district who have banded together to sell their coffee. Begun in 2022, the cooperative is centered around husband and wife partners Lily Heredia and Neptaly Santos, partnered with another husband and wife pair: Angel Noriega and Cati Simon of Mikel coffee. The third husband and wife pair to bring the project to fruition was Emily and Michael McIntyre of Swift Coffee Sourcing.

PAWQARA: Mujeres Fuertes y Resilientes (PAWQARA: strong and resilient women) has grown over the years to add male family members and other relatives. Within a few more years, it will have reached its modest goal: 3 full containers a year of high quality coffee, sold by Swift Coffee Sourcing to roasters who care about the process as much as the producers.

Maria Fernandez is one of the first members of PAWQARA; her farm is just over the hill from founders Lily & Neptaly. Although she is originally from the coast of Peru, she moved to the area to marry her husband, Dagoberto (another PAWQARA producer member). With him she runs the 2-hectare plot (they own a total of 3 hectares) with a continual eye to improvements. You can see that by the new pulper that’s recently been installed, and the new house the family recently moved into.

Courtesy of Swift Coffee Sourcing

GROWER
Maria Fernandez Izquierdo

ELEVATION
1,700 - 1,800 Meters

VARIETY
Bourbon, Yellow Caturra, Pache

PROCESSING
Washed

50¢ from the sale of all coffee bags go to Angels’ Place - A Pittsburgh based non-profit that cares for the children of single parents who qualify as low-income. This enables the parent to continue their own education or career, benefiting both generations.

SHIPPING: We ship orders Monday - Friday. Order cutoff is 11:59pm to be shipped the NEXT shipping day. If you ever feel your coffee is not fresh enough, just let us know and we’ll replace it.

Domestic shipping is free for orders of $50 or more. Otherwise, it is a $7.50 flat rate anywhere in the US. We ship everything via UPS Ground.

NOTES ON GRINDING: If you choose “French Press” grind, expect it to be finer than usual, so you’re guaranteed good extraction. Some ultra fine coffee particles will make it through the screen and create a flavorful, albeit slightly opaque cup. In other words, we choose flavor over aesthetics. If you want to keep your cup looking cleaner, choose a pour over grind.

If you don’t see your preferred grind in the options then simply let us know in the notes section at checkout and we’d be happy to grind it for your favorite brewing method.