Florencia y Fortunata

Women-grown Peruvian coffee in Cusco

The rule at Florencia y Fortunata is simple: the coffee comes from women growers and women-led roasteries in Peru, across the Andes, the Amazon and the coastal highlands. The café opened as a social enterprise in May 2021, and its founder, a Cusco-born entrepreneur, named it for her grandmother and her great-aunt, which ties the daily service to a family story about women's work. The first space opened in Magisterio that year as a coffee lab for roasting, production and training; the Historic Center café followed on 6 July 2022 and turned the project outward. Expect washed, semi-washed and some natural Peruvian lots, running to citrus, berry, honey and a clean sweetness.

A colonial casona with a gallery inside

The Historic Center room sits inside a colonial casona built on Inca foundations, which puts Cusco's layered history into the walls of the café. It shares the site with Espacio Augusta, a cultural project built around inclusivity and equality, and an art gallery is integrated into the room rather than partitioned off from it. Natural light, colonial architecture and the hung work make it equally usable for a solo visit, a working morning or a group. The mission shapes the service too: the team is entirely female, and the menu, the displays and the staff all connect each cup to the women who grew, roasted and prepared it. It was placed at number 100 on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2025.

Order the flat white and the banana bread

The flat white is the signature: smooth, balanced, and the clearest espresso order on the list. Cappuccino, latte and macchiato cover the rest of the espresso side, while pour-over and Aeropress give a more direct read on the Peruvian beans. The baristas are trained in extraction, manual brewing and latte art, so the sourcing story is matched by the preparation. Beyond coffee there is matcha latte with oat milk, Peruvian infusions such as muña and cacao leaf, and chamomile or green tea served hot or cold, with oat, almond and soy standing in for dairy. For food, keep it simple and plant-based: vegan banana bread is the signature bake, with vegan cake as the alternative.