The Tocto Family

The Tocto family operates Finca Churupampa with an unwavering commitment to their community and organic coffee production.

The son of coffee producers, Eber Tocto worked in many areas of coffee before turning his focus to his family’s land. In the nascent specialty industry in Peru, Eber was among the first generation of cuppers to become Q-Grader certified in the country. In 2011, Eber returned to his family’s coffee farm in Chirinos and, together with his brothers, began encouraging their father to make upgrades that would position the farm for specialty coffee production. Stumptown purchased Finca Churupampa’s first harvest in 2014 — just 20 bags. From there, the Toctos built a producer organization and export company to serve neighboring farmers, growing each year to eventually include almost 300 families. The name Finca Churupampa represents both the Tocto family’s farm, and the producer association that grew out of it.

The town of Chirinos is impressively located on a ridge line in the Andes at 1900 meters above sea level. On either side of winding mountain roads, coffee farms are planted on steep slopes, with views that stretch into infinity. Members of Finca Churupampa grow, process, and dry their coffee on their farms before delivering it to a local purchase point. Each lot is weighed, sampled, and cupped for a quality and profile designation. Churupmapa operates a dry mill and warehouse out of Jaen that expands their reach to farmers not only in Chirinos, but other local areas. During the harvest season, it is common for producers to cup their own coffees alongside the quality control teams, and receive immediate feedback on lots they deliver.

Eber and his brother began using their family's land as a model farm to test different practices and post-harvest processing techniques. They now work with other motivated farmers in the Churupampa network to establish additional model farms, which serve as hubs for learning and conversation. The focus of these model farms is economic empowerment - providing examples of increased productivity in collaboration with organic best practices.. One major project for Churupampa has been an organic compost system, first proposed by Eber in 2016 and co-funded by Stumptown in several phases. After a second phase of funding in 2018, the original compost project on Finca Churupampa was replicated by eight other producers. Today, Finca Churupampa has now founded Fertifinca, a start-up company which pelletizes the compost for easy application and distributes this to its affiliated farmers. In 2024, Stumptown funded soil analyses to optimize compost application.

We are continually impressed by Churupampa’s leadership and focus on environmental sustainability.