Joel Mirez Marin Family - Anaerobic Natural Catuai Marshell Gesha - Peru
Joel Mirez Marin Family - Anaerobic Natural Catuai Marshell Gesha - Peru
Couldn't load pickup availability
Ships directly from Moonwake Coffee Roasters, roasted fresh every Tuesday and shipped Wednesday. US delivery is typically 2–6 business days. Orders with coffees from more than one roaster arrive as separate boxes. Shipping & freshness →
?
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.
Read more in the glossary →-
Roast Level
?
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 Medium
-
Flavor Profile
?
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 → - Chocolate/Nutty, Fruity, Fermented/Wine
-
Origin Type
?
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
-
Flavor Notes
?
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 → - Chocolate, Stone Fruit, Wine
-
Caffeine
?
Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
Read more in the glossary → - Caffeinated
-
Country of Origin
?
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
-
Process Type
?
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
Whole Bean
Roast: Medium
Recommended Rest: 2-3 weeks from roast date
Tasting Notes: chocolate covered strawberry, bing cherry, port wine
Origin Details
Region: La Palma, Jaen, Peru
Elevation: 1850m
Producer: Marin Family, Joel Mirez
Process: Anaerobic Natural
Variety: Catuai Marshell Gesha
ABOUT THIS COFFEE AND PRODUCER
The Marin family—four brothers (Felipe, Joel, Aurelio, and Moises) and their father, Silvestre—grow coffee at 1,850 masl in La Palma, Jaén. Joel bought parcels there in 2021; the family lives locally and hires pickers during harvest. Plantings include Catuai, Marshell, and Gesha. Given the colder, wetter micro-region this season, they rest cherries for about 36 hours before de-pulping and ferment for a further 36 hours. They monitor drying with moisture meters and thermometers then use mechanical driers to finish parchment to 11% moisture after an initial spell on raised beds. They fertilise three times per year—mostly organic—and run soil analyses through the Specialty Plus project. With seven years of cultivation, the family has modernised layout and varietal selection compared with previous generations, and maintains minimal shade to maximise sun exposure.
WHY WE SELECTED THIS COFFEE
This is our first time releasing a medium roast from Peru, a region that has quietly become one of our favorite places to source from. The coffees we’ve been tasting from there have a depth and clarity that keep drawing us back, and this lot from the Marin family felt like the right one to share.
The Marin family has grown and processed a beautifully composed farm level blend of varietals that leans naturally jammy and expressive in a sweetened fruit + chocolate way. In the cup, we find a distinct strawberry jam note that we believe is largely driven by Catuai and Gesha, resting beneath a syrupy, chocolate forward body and darker cherry or currant that likely comes from Marshall. The structure is round and full yet it is still really easy to discern the different flavor layers here.
Altogether, it reminds us of chocolate covered strawberries supported by a darker fruit undertone similar to dried Bing cherries. The processing is precise and well executed, with a subtle sweetness that brings to mind port wine, present but not overly funky.
If you tend to enjoy coffees with thick texture, sweet jammy fruit, and a chocolate base, this one is definitely worth trying.
