Lenin Flores

Description

Yellow Caturra from Lenin Flores’ farm at El Morito in Cajamarca. Lenin acts as the deputy manager for a close-knit network of family and friends at El Morito facilitating the groups efforts. He also farms his own coffee. Lenin’s take on washed processing results in a sweet and comforting cup profile, reminding us of things like orange jam, soft florals, & nougat. Lenin is both a grower and an organizer. He runs QC for El Morito while managing his own diverse plots, one of the highest farms in the group, sitting above 2,000 meters. He’s also the connective tissue between El Morito and the wiser coffee world: fostering relationships with growers abroad, bringing new genetics home, and sharing them across the network. A natural mutation of Bourbon that causes the plant to grow more compact, discovered in Brazil sometime between 1915 & 1918.This strain of Caturra naturally ripens to yellow.