COE Peru #21 La Lima
COE Peru #21 La Lima
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Light/Ultralight
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Fruity, Floral
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
Whether a coffee is a single origin (from one farm, region, or country) or a blend (multiple origins combined).
Read more in the glossary → - Single Origin
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Stone Fruit, Citrus, Floral
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
Read more in the glossary → - Caffeinated
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Peru
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Anaerobic
This is La Lima, the 2025 Cup of Excellence Peru #21 winner. COE coffees are special, and this is our final such offering of the 2025 competition season. We love this coffee's peach and grapefruit flavors coupled with jasmine aromas. We also taste fruit leather, mandarin orange, and raspberry. We're also bundling this coffee in our Peru COE Box Set which pairs La Lima with our #20 winner, La Rinconada.
Process: anaerobic washed
Region: Cajamarca, Peru
Variety: Geisha
Why COE?
The globally recognized Cup of Excellence competition and auction is an opportunity for farmers to show their best work and to get their coffee in front of serious green coffee buyers all over the world. There are hundreds of submissions each year in each participating country. Earning a spot in the top 30, after rigorous tasting by domestic and international jury panels, is a huge achievement. The high prices earned through the auction process give the farmers the resources they need to invest in their operation and quality of life, while we receive some of the world's most beautiful coffees. We hope you enjoy these coffee as much as we do.
Make sure to check that the roast date you've selected is what you're looking for — if there is an "upcoming roast" for this coffee, the upcoming roast date is listed under the tasting notes at the top of this product page.
