Cafe Aicasa is a well known Peruvian coffee company that harvests, gathers, and exports some of Peru’s finest coffee. There are four different types of coffee offered under this brand: Organic, Premium, Gourmet, and Classic. For the most part, most of the coffee beans that are used to produce their coffee comes from a southern region of Cusco known as La Convencion Valley as well as Chanchamayo Valley in the central rain forest region of Peru. Today, we had the opportunity to tour Cafe Aicasa’s warehouse in San Luis allowing us to better perceive their mission as a company.
One thing that I found very interesting is that this company is involved in the entire chain of production from start to finish, which allows them to have better control over the processing, making efficiency more feasible. There is a lot of equipment that helps make this process successful. First, the beans are sorted by their sizes and grouped together based on their size. Next, they are put into a machine that will separate them based on color to ensure that the pure black ones are all together will the lighter colored beans are separated from them. Cafe Aicasa has a business model that is organic and environmentally friendly, therefore their coffee is made with all natural ingredients and has an exquisite flavor. This coffee can be purchased nationwide in stores, online, or through other coffee companies that sell this brand.
So far, this has been one of my favorite tours of the trip and I look forward to supporting this company by purchasing their coffee and hopefully returning for a visit in the near or distant future.
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