Julio Peralta

Meeting with Peralta Coffee Peralta Coffee is one of Nicaragua’s leading producers and exporters of specialty coffee. Their consistent quality is highly valued by buyers around the world and its distribution volume exceeds 50 containers per year. Peralta Coffee is run by the Peralta family, Julio and Octavio who are cousins. They own seven farms and a dry mill around the city of Mozonte, near the border of Honduras, and the area is called Dipilto or San Fernando, which is famous for its coffee. When I decided to go to Nicaragua, I remembered Cesar’s face. I’ve met Cesar, the owner of Café Integral, a roastery in New York City that specializes in Nicaraguan coffee. I met him seven years ago and I hadn’t been in contact with him for...