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Llaqta Pata, Peru — supplied coffee image 1
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🇵🇪Peru · Cusco

Llaqta Pata, Peru

Roasted by George Howell CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsPeruCuscoSL-09WashedOrangeArabicaSingle originSpecialtyLlaqta PataGilber Huayllas HuamanGeorge Howell CoffeeIndependent
🇵🇪PeruWashedSL-09
Brand
George Howell Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇵🇪Peru
Region
Cusco
Town
—
Farm / Station
Llaqta Pata
Farmer / Producer
Gilber Huayllas Huaman
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
SL-09
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Lychee, Nectarine, Orange blossom
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • fermentationThe exact roaster and 2025 Cup of Excellence pages identify a washed process but do not publish the lot’s fermentation duration or vessel.
  • drying methodNeither exact source publishes the lot’s drying surface, duration, or endpoint.
  • roast level and roast dateThe exact retail page does not publish a conventional roast-level label or a bag-specific roast date.
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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
    Llaqta Pata, Peru
  2. 02
    The brand
    George Howell Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    George Howell Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    SL-09
  5. 05
    The farm
    Llaqta Pata
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gilber Huayllas Huaman
  7. 07
    The region
    Cusco
  8. 08
    The country
    🇵🇪Peru
From the producer

Gilber Huayllas Huaman farms Llaqta Pata in Cusco's Amaybamba Valley. He learned coffee production with his father, Feliciano Huayllas, and developed this high-elevation farm over seven years.

From the roaster

George Howell Coffee describes slow ripening in cold mountain air near the Apu Choqesafra glacier and lists lychee, nectarine and orange blossom.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This exact washed SL-09 lot is unusually well documented across the roaster page and the 2025 Peru Cup of Excellence, where it placed third at 89.97 points.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Origin

Produced by Gilber Huayllas Huaman at Llaqta Pata in Cusco, Peru, at about 2,350 meters.

02
Lot identity

George Howell and the Cup of Excellence identify the variety as SL-09 and the process as washed.

03
Harvest

George Howell lists an August 2025 harvest.

04
Independent result

The exact lot placed third in the 2025 Peru Cup of Excellence with 89.97 points.

What was added?

No process additive is disclosed for this washed lot.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spice, culture or post-roast flavoring is disclosed.

Why it matters

The washed process and very high elevation give useful context for the roaster's bright floral and stone-fruit profile, without implying a taste judgment from this site.

What you might taste

George Howell lists lychee, nectarine and orange blossom.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://georgehowellcoffee.com/products/llaqta-pata-peru
  • · https://allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/peru-2025/
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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-10-26. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One verified independent exact-lot competition source remains; no additional qualifying hands-on review was found.

What people love

The exact lot placed third in the 2025 Peru Cup of Excellence with 89.97 points.

Flavors people keep mentioning
Third PlaceCup of ExcellenceWashedSL-09
Outside ratings & rankings

Scores remain on their original scales. An outside review, competition score or historical release is not our tasting and cannot safely be merged into one five-star rating.Our method

Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Excellent, one exact competition source
The sources
  • Coffee publication
    Alliance for Coffee Excellence
    The 2025 Peru Cup of Excellence results list Gilber Huayllas Huaman's Llaqta Pata lot in third place at 89.97 points. The farm, producer, SL-09 variety, washed process, and George Howell buyer match identify the exact coffee release.
    Source
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