The stunning, soaring Andean peaks of Northern Peru surrounding the city of Jaen provide optimal shade and humidity for growing specialty coffee. Most Arabica grown in the region is made up of traditional varieties like Bourbon and Typica, improved Catimors, and newer selections like Gesha. Within these groups Arabica sometimes spontaneously changes, and this is the origin of the marshell selection, a coffee currently completely unique to Peru.

Marshell was discovered by Grimanes Morales on her farm in 1997. Following an outbreak of Ojo de Gallo (Rooster’s Eye), a disease that strips coffee trees of their leaves, she noticed these plants had survived, showing resilience. From then on, she began to select and propagate from these plants, naming the coffee ‘Marshell’. In 2019, Grimanes decided to enter Marshell in the Cup of Excellence, where it placed first, outperforming all other coffees in the country. Since then, it has continued to be selected on her farm, occasionally shared with neighbouring farms, and sold as a micro-lot.