01/09/2026
Inkawasi… where to start?
The most rural part of Peru we’ve travelled to, and also the longest and most challenging farm visit we’ve made.
On the way to Tres Cedros, from the town you can see two houses in the distance, sitting in the middle of an enormous mountain and surrounded by nothing but trees.
That was where we were headed.
Like many farms across the district of Inkawasi, they are isolated deep within the valleys and high in the mountains, and somehow, from these incredibly remote places, some of the best coffee in Peru, and dare we say it… the world, is being grown.
Inkawasi’s coffees are becoming famous, and for good reason. Elevations stretch beyond 2,200m, with pristine, moisture rich soils and the mountain rock absolutely brimming with minerals.
Add to that the genetics of long established Bourbon and Typica alongside Geisha and SL09, and this place becomes very special indeed.
Coffee is at the heart of the town’s economy. Over the past few years, many farms have doubled down on quality and planted SL09, encouraged in large part by the Incahuasi Cooperative.
In our journey through Peruvian coffee, we’ve arrived late to Inkawasi. But for us, it now sits alongside San José de Lourdes in Cajamarca and Lonya Grande in Amazonas as one of our favourite places for coffee in Peru.
If the diversity of a landscape is any indication of the richness of the land, Inkawasi leads the way.
The journey from Inkawasi to Andahuaylas, where the cooperative’s mill is located, has to be up there with one of the most awe-inspiring journeys we’ve experienced in Peru. The landscape changes constantly as you make your way through the mountains. Truly something else.
None of this would have been possible without Saulo from Tres Cedros and Roy and Fran from the quality team at the Incahuasi Cooperative, who guided us through this remarkable part of Peru.
A huge thank you to them, and to Saulo’s parents for welcoming us onto their farm and into their home.
