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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Peru El Romerillo, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru El Romerillo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru El Romerillo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru El Romerillo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇵🇪Peru · Cajamarca

Peru El Romerillo

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsPeruCajamarcaCaturraPacheCatimorWashedBrown SugarArabicaSingle originEl RomerilloMicaela PeñaIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇵🇪PeruWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇵🇪Peru
Region
Cajamarca
Town
La Coipa, San Ignacio
Farm / Station
El Romerillo
Farmer / Producer
Micaela Peña
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
Caturra, Pache and Catimor
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Apple, Raw Sugar
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mNeither exact source publishes a lot-specific elevation.
  • fermentationWashed processing is stated, but fermentation duration and vessel are not disclosed.
  • drying methodThe exact sources do not publish a drying surface or duration.
  • roast levelThe exact official page does not publish a conventional light-to-dark roast level.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Peru El Romerillo
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Caturra, Pache and Catimor
  5. 05
    The farm
    El Romerillo
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Micaela Peña
  7. 07
    The region
    Cajamarca
  8. 08
    The country
    🇵🇪Peru
From the producer

Micaela Peña operates the one-hectare El Romerillo farm and participates in Origin Coffee Lab's El Horcón committee, which helps small producers exchange practices and reach specialty markets.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia identifies Micaela Peña, El Romerillo, La Coipa and the Caturra, Pache and Catimor composition on the exact product page.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A producer-identified one-hectare Peruvian lot that preserves individual farm traceability while benefiting from a committee model for technical exchange and specialty-market access.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified exact identity

Confirmed Micaela Peña, El Romerillo, La Coipa/San Ignacio, and Cajamarca from the live Intelligentsia release.

02
Documented composition

Recorded washed Caturra, Pache, and Catimor without inventing a single-variety link.

03
Reconciled commerce metadata

Added the live $21 price, verified sold-out status, and the catalog-corroborated 340 g format.

04
Separated sensory snapshots

Kept the live Apple + Raw Sugar profile distinct from Intelligentsia’s June 19, 2024 campaign and the exact catalog snapshot.

What was added?

No fruit, culture, or flavoring is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No elevation, fermentation protocol, drying method, conventional roast level, grade, or score was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile remains highly traceable while release-specific gaps and changing catalog language stay visible.

What you might taste

The live official page says Apple + Raw Sugar; earlier exact-release materials are labeled separately.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/peru-el-romerillo
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-peru-el-romerillo
  • · https://milled.com/intelligentsia.com/peru-el-romerillo-latest-organic-single-origin-dAkkPt6VQPCDUtop
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-29) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Seller, catalog, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded from public sentiment. Cherrybook’s sparse evidence index is not a cup score, and no qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: El Romerillo →Meet the farmer: Micaela Peña →
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