David Guerva Armijos

David Guevara Armijos is part of a generation of producers quietly shaping the future of Peruvian coffee from the ground up. A second-generation farmer, David works side-by-side with his daughter, Anai Dalila, tending to the five hectares of land their family calls home in La Libertad, La Coipa. This isn’t large-scale agriculture—it’s daily, hands-on stewardship of every tree they grow. Their farm is planted with Caturra, Castillo, and Catuai, each variety carefully managed across terrain defined by steady mountain humidity, high elevation, and deeply fertile soils that have supported coffee cultivation here for decades. While seasonal workers assist during harvest, much of the cultivation, picking, and sorting is still done by David and his family themselves, reinforcing a direct connection between the work they put into the land and the quality found in the cup.

Across Peru, nearly a quarter of the country’s coffee is grown between 1,200 and 2,000 meters above sea level, spread across twenty-eight distinct microclimates. Within this landscape lies enormous potential—not just for regional identity, but for small, family-run farms like David’s to define what Peruvian coffee can be through long-term investment in sustainability, land management, and quality-driven farming practices.