# TAPACULO — Direct Trade Specialty Coffee & Native Cacao from Peru

> Tapaculo is a direct-trade sourcing entity based on the ground in Quillabamba, La Convención, Cusco, Peru. We connect international specialty coffee roasters and craft chocolate makers directly with smallholder farming families, providing 100% supply-chain traceability, on-site Q-Grader quality control, and direct export logistics.

## Core Products

### 1. High-Altitude Specialty Green Coffee
- **Origin Terroir:** La Convención Province, Cusco (1,000 – 2,000 MASL).
- **Varieties:** Typica, Bourbon, Caturra, SL9, Gesha (88+ SCA micro-lots).
- **Processing Methods:** Washed (fermentation tanks + parabolic drying), Honey (Yellow/Red), Natural, and controlled experimental fermentations.
- **Packaging:** Hermetic barrier bags (GrainPro/Ecotact) in 69kg/30kg jute sacks.

### 2. Native Peruvian Cacao
- **Native Chuncho Family (Urubamba Valley):** Harvested Jan–Mar. Boutique volumes (<1 ton/producer), exceptional floral/fruity top notes (jasmine, tropical soursop, sweet citrus).
- **Native VRAE Family (VRAEM Basin):** Year-round production (peak in June). Robust chocolate base with balanced acidity and low bitterness; scalable fine-flavor lots.
- **Product Formats:**
  - Sun-dried fermented cacao beans (GrainPro).
  - Pure 100% stone-milled cacao paste (cocoa mass/liquor blocks).
  - Raw and roasted cacao nibs and butter derivatives.

## Sourcing Services & Capabilities

- **7-Step Green Coffee Sourcing:** Sourcing brief → Sample delivery → Virtual cupping → FOB/CIF contract → Precision dry milling & optical sorting → Pre-shipment sample (PSS) approval → Direct container/air export.
- **Tree-to-Bar Custom Cacao Design:** Tailored fermentation durations (3–6 days), turning intervals, and shadow-drying rates at origin to match specific bean-to-bar roast profiles.
- **Q-Grader Sensory Quality Guarantee:** Resident Q-Grader on-site in Quillabamba cupping each lot before offering; optional 3rd-party independent sensory verification.
- **Origin Sourcing Trips & Immersion:** Guided origin audits, on-farm cuppings, and post-harvest workshops in Quillabamba.

## Knowledge Base Articles (English)

### [Mixing two agricultural concepts in La Convención](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/en/articles/agroforestry)
- **Category:** origin | **Tags:** La Convencion, Culture, Agriculture
- **Published:** 2026-08-01
- **Summary:** Historically, the people of La Convención inherited a unique bicultural heritage: the Andean practice of cultivating crops by elevation, and the Amazonian wisdom of interplanting to sustain the local ecosystem.
- **Key Takeaways:**
  1. What questions this article targets:   
  How La Convención's agricultural practices are deeply rooted in its bicultural ancestry rather than modern techniques alone.   
  2. The solution provided:   
  This article explores the origins of these traditional Andean and Amazonian concepts and demonstrates how local producers combine them today to yield high-quality organic coffee and cacao.

### [The two families of native cacao in La Convencion](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/en/articles/chuncho_1_2)
- **Category:** cacao | **Tags:** La Convencion, Cacao, Science
- **Published:** 2026-08-01
- **Summary:** There are two families of native cacao in La Convencion. A recent study showed that they are indeed genetically distinct even though they are both from the same province. 
- **Key Takeaways:**
  1. What questions this article targets:     
  How do you navigate marketing noise and misinformation to choose authentic native cacao in Cusco?   
  2. The solution provided:     
  We reviewed a recent peer-reviewed study on the two main native cacao families in La Convención, Cusco, breaking down their key differences and what to expect when sourcing each.

### [Coffee Cultivation in Harmony with Nature in La Convención](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/en/articles/coffee_agroforestry)
- **Category:** coffee | **Tags:** La Convencion, Farm
- **Published:** 2026-08-01
- **Summary:** Is shade-grown farming a deliberate ecological choice, or an economic necessity? Like La Convención, many smallholders worldwide embrace nature to sustain their livelihoods.
- **Key Takeaways:**
  1. What questions this article targets: 
  How do coffee farms in La Convención actually practice agroforestry?
  2. The solution provided: 
  This article demonstrates how traditional agroforestry creates an ecologically sustainable model while securing overall farm profitability.

### [The transition from Andes highlands to Amazon Rainforest](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/en/articles/terrain_zones)
- **Category:** origin | **Tags:** La Convencion, Culture, Geography
- **Published:** 2026-08-01
- **Summary:** Spanning from Andean peak to the Amazonian jungle, La Convención is Cusco's historic cultural crossroads. At its heart, Quillabamba seamlessly blends these two worlds into a thriving center for high-altitude coffee and tropical cacao.
- **Key Takeaways:**
  1. What questions this article targets: 
  People are not familiar with the geographic diversity of Cusco, and how it affects agriculture.
  2. The solution provided: 
  Understanding the unique geographic transition from the Andes to the Amazon in La Convención, and how these diverse microclimates create the perfect environment for world-class agriculture.

## 專題知識庫文章 (Traditional Chinese / 繁體中文)

### [兩種農業智慧在 La Convención 的完美融合](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/articles/agroforestry)
- **分類:** origin | **標籤:** La Convencion, 文化, 農業
- **發布日期:** 2026-08-01
- **摘要:** La Convención的居民繼承了獨特的雙重文化遺產：依循海拔高度種植作物的安地斯傳統，以及透過混栽共生來維護在地生態的亞馬遜智慧
- **核心要點:**
  1. What questions this article targets:   
  人們不了解La Convención如何產出高品質可可與咖啡   
  2. The solution provided:   
  深入解析安地斯與亞馬遜傳統概念的源起，並展現在地農夫如今如何將兩者完美結合，生產出頂級的有機咖啡與可可

### [La Convencion 的兩種原生可可](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/articles/chuncho_1_2)
- **分類:** 可可 | **標籤:** La Convencion, 可可, 科學
- **發布日期:** 2026-08-01
- **摘要:** La Convencion 有兩種原生可可，分別來自不同的河谷地形，這篇文章從一篇科學期刊文章為基礎介紹這種可可的基本差別，幫助買家做決定 
- **核心要點:**
  1. What questions this article targets:     
  如何排除行銷雜音與錯誤資訊，在庫斯哥挑選正宗的原生可可？  
  2. The solution provided:     
  我們梳理了一項針對庫斯科 La Convención 兩大原生可可家族的最新同行評審研究，解析它們的核心差異，以及採購兩者時各自的預期特性。

### [La Convención 與自然共生的咖啡種植](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/articles/coffee_agroforestry)
- **分類:** coffee | **標籤:** La Convencion, 農業
- **發布日期:** 2026-08-01
- **摘要:** 遮蔭栽培究竟是深思熟慮的生態選擇，還是經濟現實下的必然之舉？世界上很多小農跟La Convención一樣擁抱自然來增加收入
- **核心要點:**
  1. What questions this article targets: 
  La Convención 的咖啡農場究竟是如何實施混農林業的？
  2. The solution provided: 
  深入解析傳統混農林業如何在打造生態永續模式的同時，保障農場整體的獲利能力

### [一段從安地斯雪白高峰到亞馬遜雨林的旅程](https://tapaculocacaocafe.com/articles/terrain_zones)
- **分類:** origin | **標籤:** 庫斯科, 文化, 地理
- **發布日期:** 2026-08-01
- **摘要:** 從安地斯山脈的高峰延伸至亞馬遜雨林，La Convención 是庫斯科歷史悠久的文化交會點。位於其核心的 Quillabamba 將這兩個世界完美融合，如今已成為高海拔咖啡與熱帶可可蓬勃發展的重鎮
- **核心要點:**
  1. What questions this article targets:   
  一般台灣人對秘魯的地理環境非常陌生    
  2. The solution provided:   
  此文章深入瞭解 La Convención 從安地斯山脈延伸至亞馬遜雨林的獨特地理過渡，以及這些多樣化的微氣候如何打造出孕育世界級農業的絕佳環境

## Contact & Commercial Inquiries

- **Official Website:** https://tapaculocacaocafe.com
- **Primary Inquiries Email:** hola@tapaculocacaocafe.com
- **Origin Operating Base:** Quillabamba, La Convención, Cusco, Peru
- **Target Inquiries:** Green coffee lot reservations, cacao sample requests (2kg micro-lots), custom post-harvest contracts, and origin visit bookings.