Coffee region guide

Santa Teresa

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Over seventy families grow coffee in Oyara, Santa Teresa district, Cusco.

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Coffee farms in Oyara use land owned collectively by the community.

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Grown varieties

Typica · Bourbon

A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.

Lineage: Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
Growing conditions: Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
Traits: Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.

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A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.

Lineage: Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
Growing conditions: Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
Traits: Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.

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