The stunning, soaring peaks of Northern Peru seem to go on endlessly into the high Andean cordillera. Surrounding the city of Jaen, these impossibly steep slopes are blanketed in lush, montane forests. The Chontalí and Colasay districts lie to the south of Jaen city, climbing through densely wooded slopes into the cordillera. Coffee here grows under natural canopy rather than in cleared plantations, which slows development and concentrates sugar in the fruit.

El Conjuro is a community lot, built from the combined harvests of smallholder farmers across Chontalí and Colasay. The name comes from Cerro Conjuro, the mountain ridge that runs through both districts, and gives the harvest a shared identity. Community processing has deep roots in this part of Peru. It allows families with smaller farms to bring their coffee cherry together, process it collectively, and sell under one name. At times these community coffees can be exceptional and El Conjuro represents this potential perfectly