Elvis Choquehuanca Washed Caturra

This washed Caturra comes from Elvis Choquehuanca, a smallholder farmer near Copacabana in Bolivia’s Caranavi province. Since 2015, Elvis has been part of the Sol de la Mañana Project – a long-term initiative led by the Rodriguez family to support producers in improving both quality and yield through hands-on training and agronomic support.

Once harvested, Elvis’s cherries are delivered to the Rodriguez family’s central wet mill. Here, they undergo a full float and sort, followed by depulping and fermentation in stainless steel tanks for up to 48 hours. After washing, the coffee is gently dried in mechanical dryers for around 100 hours at controlled low temperatures. The final step is dry milling, grading and sorting at the Rodriguez dry mill in Caranavi.

This setup allows for full traceability and quality control from farm to export, with each stage carefully managed to bring out the best in the coffee. It’s a model that’s helped transform smallholder production across the region – and this lot is a clear example of the results.