The Pacha Harvest blog

Guides, recipes and origin stories for maca, lúcuma, quinoa, cacao and Peruvian coffee.

Lúcuma
Lucuma Fruit: What It Is, Where It Grows and How It’s Eaten
What lucuma is, where it grows, why its scientific name changed, and how fresh fruit, frozen pulp and powder differ, with sources you can check.
10 min read
Maca
Black Maca Benefits for Men and Women: What the Research Shows
Black maca has modest human evidence, mainly for quality of life, none that it raises testosterone, and its sperm and memory findings come from rodents.
11 min read
Maca
Black maca vs red maca: what’s actually different
Same plant, different root color. How the two compare on taste, price and the way people use them.
3 min read

Lucuma Fruit: What It Is, Where It Grows and How It’s Eaten