Instant Coffee 100% Organic Freeze-dried Arabica – Peru

Taste & Crema

Peru freeze-dried coffee is made from 100% arabica, so its taste is exactly the same as the high-quality whole coffee beans from the Peruvian Puno Norte region. You will find chocolate and fruit, sweetness and a pleasant nutty aftertaste. The body is full, smooth. When poured over hot water, the coffee forms a smooth crema.

Origins

You are looking at a single-origin coffee from the high mountains once inhabited by the mythical Incas. Today, their descendants also farm the coffee plantations of the Peruvian Andes. Along with newcomers, the vast majority of them small farmers, for whom coffee is one of their livelihoods. Outside of coffee, they grow crops such as corn, asparagus, tomatoes, potatoes and quinoa. Peruvian agriculture makes only marginal use of industrially produced fertilizers. Much more often, it relies on natural methods of supplying nutrients to crops. And while farmers still struggle with outdated infrastructure, they have been extremely successful in developing the market, particularly for coffee.

The Puno Norte region is one of the conservative areas in southern Peru where coffee trees thrive. The high altitude, together with the volcanic bedrock, gives the local crop a smooth body and a very pleasant, sweet and creamy flavor. It is no coincidence that the coffee from this area has won recognition at world competitions and is promoted by the national coffee organization. The farmers process the fruit of the coffee trees by what is known as washing. They pour them into tanks of water, push them through crushing plates and transfer the stripped red skins into fermentation vessels. The coffee remains in these for several hours up to days. Fermentation takes care of dissolving the sweet pulp and freeing up the beans. The green coffee is finally dried either in direct sunlight or in dryers.

The path to freeze-dried instant coffee, however, is much longer. The green beans need to be treated and brewed. The resulting liquid is allowed to evaporate to a syrupy consistency. This concentrate undergoes freeze-drying, i.e. sublimation under reduced air pressure. The mass, frozen to -40°C, is ground and stripped of water molecules in a low-pressure environment in a vacuum chamber. Sublimation ensures that all the sensory properties of the coffee are preserved. The result is large crystals with a smooth surface.

Freeze-dried coffee appeared on the market in 1937. Its popularity has only grown since then. After all, a full half of the world's coffee production is dedicated to the production of the instant variant. This is one of the best!

Coffee packaging preview

Our quality aluminum packaging lacks any bold graphics, as we’d rather focus on the taste of our coffee. It always comes fresh thanks to degassing valve, which releases the gases that occur after roasting. Thanks to the hermetic seal, this container helps the contents further keep their freshness and protect them against humidity, light or foreign odors.