Yacuri

La Cabra continues its long-term collaboration with Juan Peña, owner of Hacienda La Papaya and CafExporto. Since first meeting in Aarhus in 2015, they have worked together through multiple small experimental lots, building an ongoing exchange through high-quality coffee. In recent years, Juan has expanded his production, increasing exports of Hacienda La Papaya coffee to Europe and establishing CafExporto, now managing two additional farms in Ecuador.

Typica Mejorado

Juan’s approach is defined by precision and experimentation, resulting in highly consistent, top-quality micro-lots with distinct flavour profiles. He primarily works with Typica Mejorado, a selected variety originally developed in Ecuador, valued for its combination of yield and cup quality. Through CafExporto, Juan has expanded his genetic material and farming methods to new farms, applying the same meticulous agronomic standards across different regions.

Yacuri Typica

In Zamora-Chinchipe, southern Ecuador, CafExporto identified exceptional coffees from small producers that were previously sold into the internal market with limited transparency or value recognition.The Yacuri farm sits in a rural, low-altitude, high-humidity area near the Amazon basin and the Chinchipe River, resulting in a different expression compared to Hacienda La Papaya. Here, the washed Typica shows a softer profile, with stone fruit sweetness, white tea notes, and a more rounded, gentle acidity compared to the brighter citrus character of higher-altitude lots.