Litha

Litha

A coffee for the longest day.

Litha is Skeleton Brew's salute to the sun at its fullness — that rare moment when the year holds nothing back, when the light stretches as far as it will go and the world is simply, completely alive. A light-to-medium roast from the high Amazonian Andes, it carries the warmth of midsummer in the cup: smooth and grounded, with clean chocolate depth and a bright whisper of lemon that lingers like late evening sun.

This coffee comes from El Palto — the JUMARP cooperative in Amazonas, Peru, where 189 smallholder farmers tend their lots at 1,600 to 1,800 meters above sea level. The cooperative began in 2003 with 35 farmers and a shared conviction that specialty coffee could change lives. It has. Forty of its current members are women, represented not just in the fields but on the cooperative's board of directors — voices in the room where decisions get made. Every bag of Litha is Fair Trade and organically certified, which means the people who grew it were paid what the work is worth.

That story belongs in the cup. And it's there — in the care of the process, the cleanliness of the roast, the way the chocolate settles in without announcing itself.

Litha doesn't ask anything of you. It just asks you to be present for it — to sit in the long light, to let the day be what it is, to drink something made with intention by people who believe what they're doing matters.

The sun is at its peak. So is this.

Origin and Farm Notes

Peru · Amazonas · Washed · 1,600–1,800m · Typica, Castillo, Bourbon, Catimor · Grade 1, SHG, EP · Fair Trade · Organic

Grown in the northern Peruvian highlands where the Andes meet the Amazon basin, this lot comes from the El Palto cooperative — formally the Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros Juan Marco El Palto (JUMARP). Founded by 35 farmers in 2003, El Palto has grown into a 189-member cooperative managing approximately 550 hectares of certified organic and Fair Trade coffee. The cooperative's mission is straightforward: increase production, improve quality, raise income for every member family.

The washed process keeps the cup clean and true to the bean — medium acidity, smooth body, with tasting notes of chocolate, lemon, and subtle herbal brightness.

Sold in compostable bags. Net wt 12oz (340g). Whole bean or ground.