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<p><strong>Region:</strong> <meta charset="utf-8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242888250 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">El </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW242888250 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Huabo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242888250 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">, San Ignacio, Cajamarca</span></p> <p><strong>Elevation:</strong><span> 1755 masl</span></p> <p><meta charset="utf-8"><strong>About: <meta charset="utf-8"></strong><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">High in the remote hills near the Ecuadorian border—over 40 hours from Lima by road—Esperanza Armijos and Maximiliano García have carved out a life and a legacy. After 15 years working with Peru’s renowned </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Cenfrocafe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"> cooperative, they left to pursue their dream: building something of their own.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36277640 BCX8" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}'> </span></p> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36277640 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">In 2018, they founded Café </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Garmas</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">, a name that fuses their surnames and reflects their deep, equal partnership. Everything they do—planting, harvesting, processing—is shared work. Their farm is a family affair, rooted in tradition and driven by vision.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36277640 BCX8" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}'> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36277640 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">The land they farm is hard-won and breathtaking, a place of arid heat and high elevation that produces coffees with rare, vivid character. Here, they grow a mix of prized varieties—Geisha, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Parainema</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">, Yellow </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Caturra</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">, and the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Bourbon</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"> in this lot.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36277640 BCX8" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}'> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36277640 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8">Despite the distance and difficulty, buyers make the journey because the results are worth it: Café </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW36277640 BCX8">Garmas</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36277640 BCX8"> consistently produces coffees scoring 86+—a testament not just to their terroir, but to the skill, care, and quiet determination of two people shaping a future together, bean by bean.</span></span></p> </div> <!---->