What brewing method works best for this coffee?

Light roasts with bright, fruity profiles like this one are well-suited to pour-over, Chemex, or other methods that highlight clarity and acidity. These brewing approaches let the cherry and grape notes come through cleanly. It will also work in a drip machine, though you may lose some of the nuance.

Is this a blend or a single-origin coffee?

It's both—a blend of single-origin lots from multiple small farms within the same district. All the beans come from the Colasay area of Peru's Jaén province, so it represents a specific origin even though it combines harvests from different producers in that region.

How should I store this coffee after opening?

Keep the beans in an airtight container away from light, heat, and moisture. A cool, dark cupboard works well. Avoid the refrigerator or freezer, as condensation can affect flavor. For best results, grind only what you need for each brew and use the coffee within a few weeks of opening.

La Viuda

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The 3-second version

Sourced from remote smallholder farms in Peru's Colasay district
Light roast brings out black cherry and white grape character
Blend of current-year lots from previously uncelebrated producers
Light roast—less body than medium or dark
Bright acidity may not suit all palates
Whole bean only

Why it's on GiftsFeed

Single-origin Peruvian coffee from remote Colasay farms

Most single-origin Peruvian coffee comes from the same handful of celebrated districts. Colasay isn't one of them—its beans have historically been absorbed into anonymous commodity lots, stripped of traceability. This offering proves that geography matters less than the work of identifying good producers and roasting their harvests with care. If you've been cycling through the usual suspects in specialty coffee, this is a chance to taste something grown outside the spotlight, with the fruit clarity and clean acidity that make light roasts worth seeking out.

Good gift when

Coffee drinkers who prefer fruit-forward, bright profiles
People who gravitate toward light roasts and pour-over methods
Anyone curious about lesser-known Peruvian growing regions
Fans of single-origin coffees with clear tasting notes

Skip it if Light roasts lack the body and roast character you prefer in your morning cup

Specs

Origin: Colasay district, Jaén province, Peru
Roast level: Light
Tasting notes: Black cherry, white grape
Size: 12 oz bag
Bean type: Whole bean

What's included

12 oz bag of whole bean coffee

If you're giving it

No sizing to guess

Ships as a retail coffee bag; consider a gift box or coffee accessories to present it.

The details

This light-roasted coffee brings together beans from smallholder farms in and around Colasay, a remote district in Peru's Jaén province. Counter Culture worked with Origin Coffee Lab starting in 2019 to source from these communities, whose coffees had previously disappeared into large commodity blends without recognition. The result is a cup profile with pronounced fruit character—think dark cherry sweetness balanced by the crispness of white grape.

Colasay sits in the southwestern part of Jaén, an area that until recently produced coffee destined for bulk processing rather than single-origin offerings. By focusing on individual farming communities in this district, Counter Culture surfaces coffees that would otherwise never reach specialty roasters. La Viuda represents a selection of this year's harvests from those producers, blended to showcase the region's distinctive fruit-forward profile.

Light roasting preserves the beans' natural acidity and lets the fruit notes shine. You'll notice juicy qualities that make this coffee well-suited to pour-over and other brewing methods that highlight clarity and brightness. The name means "the widow" in Spanish, pronounced *la vee-OO-duh*. Each 12-ounce bag contains whole beans ready for grinding and brewing.

Counter Culture

La Viuda

Blend of small-producer lots with bright cherry and grape notes

$27at counterculturecoffee.com

Quantity

Ships and sold by Counter Culture. About this merchant

The 3-second version

Sourced from remote smallholder farms in Peru's Colasay district
Light roast brings out black cherry and white grape character
Blend of current-year lots from previously uncelebrated producers
Light roast—less body than medium or dark
Bright acidity may not suit all palates
Whole bean only

Questions

What brewing method works best for this coffee?: Light roasts with bright, fruity profiles like this one are well-suited to pour-over, Chemex, or other methods that highlight clarity and acidity. These brewing approaches let the cherry and grape notes come through cleanly. It will also work in a drip machine, though you may lose some of the nuance.
Is this a blend or a single-origin coffee?: It's both—a blend of single-origin lots from multiple small farms within the same district. All the beans come from the Colasay area of Peru's Jaén province, so it represents a specific origin even though it combines harvests from different producers in that region.
How should I store this coffee after opening?: Keep the beans in an airtight container away from light, heat, and moisture. A cool, dark cupboard works well. Avoid the refrigerator or freezer, as condensation can affect flavor. For best results, grind only what you need for each brew and use the coffee within a few weeks of opening.