Jumla Heritage Lot

At 2,180 metres, this is among the highest-grown arabica in the world. Jumla's extreme altitude means a growing season stretched to near eighteen months. The trees here — some over sixty years old, local heritage varieties with no known cultivar designation — produce tiny, dense beans that take on a complexity that lower-altitude growing simply cannot manufacture.

Temperature swings of 25°C between day and night force the coffee plant into almost suspended animation during the cold months, allowing slow sugar conversion and remarkable aromatic development. The result is a lot that qualified Q-grader Ramesh Adhikari scored at 89.25 — the highest score ever recorded by HimalayanTrader for a Nepalese lot.

Only 85 kg of this lot exists. At this altitude, production is always unpredictable: the 2024 lot is the first we have been able to export from Jumla in three years. For collectors, competition roasters, and roasteries with adventurous menus, this is unmissable.