Archival Release #64Mercedes Flores

Following recent visits by Passenger’s green buying team to our partners in Cusco, Peru, we were inspired to revisit a coffee from one of the first producers we identified during our ongoing partnership in this increasingly popular coffee-growing region. Coming from a long line of coffee farmers, producer Mercedes Flores Torres has been involved in coffee production from a young age and has spent the last decade intentionally focusing on specialty grade coffee production on the entirety of her three hectare estate. Like many in this region, her farm benefits from extremely high elevation, and an abundance of native leguminous Inga trees, which provide shade and promote beneficial biodiversity, as well as nitrogen-fixation properties beneficial to the soil. This field blend of typica and bourbon varieties from her 2023 harvest offers a balanced and approachable entry point to coffees from this region, exhibiting flavors of fig, plum, and milk chocolate alongside a mild orange acidity and sweet nougat in the finish.