Farm Name: "Finca El Cedrillo"
Location: San Jose del Alto district, Jaen, Cajamarca, Peru
Altitude: 1800-1850 mts
Varietals: Catimor, Caturra, Costa Rica, Geisha
Farm size: 5 ha
Harvest: Sept-Dec

Member of Sol&Cafe since 2008

 

Homer Alarcon Gayoso is 41 years old (2020). He is a second generation coffee farmer. He was born in the community of San Lorenzo in the district of San Jose del Alto in Jaen, Cajamarca. He lives with his wife and their three children aged 4, 8 and 13.

Homer has been a coffee farmer since he was 18 years old. In 2006, he joined the Cuenca del Paramillo producer association, which is a primary association of the Sol&Cafe cooperative. All of his coffee is organically grown and fair trade certified. It is washed and dried under sun on raised drying tables.