Peru Lisbeth Mariño SL9 Washed

Lisbeth Mariño trained as a cup taster and now provides technical guidance to other producers in her district of Pacaybamba — a leading woman in a region where the technical infrastructure is still being built. SL9, sometimes called "Inca Geisha," is a varietal increasingly associated with Peru's high-altitude microlots.

Hand-selected ripe cherries only. Two-stage fermentation: 18 hours initial, then 36 hours after depulping. Twenty days of shaded raised-bed drying, then storage in GrainPro. The cup is unusually expressive for SL9: iris and pineberry as it cools, mango, plum, and juicy citrus warm. Floral and citric in equal measure — drink it both temperatures and the conversation between them is the whole point.