Meet the Grower
SUMAQAO
Location: Piura, Peru
Bean variety:Local varieties like the Piura Blanco and Chuncho, and hybrids.
Flavour notes: Strong chocolatey profile with coconut notes.
Description
SUMAQAO was founded in March 2012 in Piura, Peru, as MINKA SCS AG’s first cocoa sourcing company. Created by Swedes Stefan Block and Paul Schönenberger, MINKA SCS was founded from a passion to positively impact the social, economic, and environmental aspects of cocoa cultivation and exportation. SUMAQAO, which stems from the Quechua word SUMAQ meaning ‘outstanding’, organises a network of around 4,000 farmers from all cocoa producing regions in Peru. They have local buying stations in each of the regions where they collect cocoa from individual farmers or members of cooperatives. In addition to focusing on sustainability, SUMAQAO also pride themselves on improving farmer’s incomes, providing teaching support to cocoa farmers from their field staff, eliminating any form of forced labour or discrimination, and ensuring the cocoa which they purchase does not originate from protected or illegally deforested areas.
Harvest times: April – August
Harvest volumes: Coming soon.
Number of farmers: 4000
Hectares farmed: Coming soon.
Farming notes: Coming soon.
Fermentation and drying notes: Wet beans are brought directly from the farmers to the coop, where cooperative assistants ferment and dry them in one centralised location in Lurin, Lima. The beans are also cleaned and bagged, before being exported.
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