The town of Irupana is at about 1800masl and has a drier microclimate than Caranavi. The coffee farms around the town are on the hills which surround it and reach up to 2000masl - its a very traditional coffee growing area, full of very small producers who sell their coffee as cherry in the town to traders. The varietals grown in the area are traditional ones - Caturra, Catuai and Typica.
Jeivert is a 2nd generation coffee producer and was part of the Irupana Cooperativo. This large coffee co-operative bought and processed nearly all the coffee in Irupana in 2016 - this was how we came to get his coffee back then! In 2017, Jeivert had been learning a lot at the Cooperative but was convinced there was a better way to get the best results (and value) from the great coffees produced in the region, so he set up his own micro-mill to process his coffee. This quickly showed itself to be a good choice, with the Irupana Cooperativo closing in 2019 as the number of local producers declined (many moving to Coca leaf production).
Jeivert has 5 Hectares of coffee at his farm, La Avanzada. Meaning "The Advance". this is named because Irupana was the home of Pedro Domingo Murillo, a 18th Century figure who is credited as an early revolutionary and patriot for the independence movement of Bolivia from Spanish rule.
Jeivert also built a special storage area for controlled drying of the coffee and has experimented with Washed and Honey processing. The feedback from Daniela Rodriguez of Agricafe was that the Honey was the way forward - both for great cupping results and because it's not such a common or popular processing style in Bolivia as Washed.
As well as processing his own coffee, Jeivert has a bigger business now buying coffee from other local producers. His partner in this is his friend Grover, who also has a 2 hectare farm. This La Avanzada lot is entirely from Jeivert's farm, but we also have a mixed lot, made up from coffee grown by both Jeivert and Grover.
Jeivert is a 2nd generation coffee producer and was part of the Irupana Cooperativo. This large coffee co-operative bought and processed nearly all the coffee in Irupana in 2016 - this was how we came to get his coffee back then! In 2017, Jeivert had been learning a lot at the Cooperative but was convinced there was a better way to get the best results (and value) from the great coffees produced in the region, so he set up his own micro-mill to process his coffee. This quickly showed itself to be a good choice, with the Irupana Cooperativo closing in 2019 as the number of local producers declined (many moving to Coca leaf production).
Jeivert has 5 Hectares of coffee at his farm, La Avanzada. Meaning "The Advance". this is named because Irupana was the home of Pedro Domingo Murillo, a 18th Century figure who is credited as an early revolutionary and patriot for the independence movement of Bolivia from Spanish rule.
Jeivert also built a special storage area for controlled drying of the coffee and has experimented with Washed and Honey processing. The feedback from Daniela Rodriguez of Agricafe was that the Honey was the way forward - both for great cupping results and because it's not such a common or popular processing style in Bolivia as Washed.
As well as processing his own coffee, Jeivert has a bigger business now buying coffee from other local producers. His partner in this is his friend Grover, who also has a 2 hectare farm. This La Avanzada lot is entirely from Jeivert's farm, but we also have a mixed lot, made up from coffee grown by both Jeivert and Grover.
