Saudi Coffee Company Introduces JAZEAN

The Saudi Coffee Company, a Public Investment Fund fully owned company, has announced the launch of JAZEAN
The Saudi Coffee Company, a Public Investment Fund fully owned company, has announced the launch of JAZEAN
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Saudi Coffee Company Introduces JAZEAN

The Saudi Coffee Company, a Public Investment Fund fully owned company, has announced the launch of JAZEAN
The Saudi Coffee Company, a Public Investment Fund fully owned company, has announced the launch of JAZEAN

The Saudi Coffee Company, a Public Investment Fund fully owned company, has announced the launch of its coffee brand, JAZEAN.

Sourced from the south of Saudi Arabia, which is located in the verdant coffee belt and the best arabica beans selection from around the world, JAZEAN is a high-quality specialty coffee made sustainably from premium Coffea Arabica to deliver a blend that is uniquely Saudi to the world.

“JAZEAN is a labor of love. Love for our nation, for our culture, and especially our farmers who have sustained our coffee belts through generations,” said Marketing Director at Saudi Coffee Company Mohammed Zainy.

“It is a symbol of our aspiration to develop a coffee industry that is rooted in sustainable production, from cultivation through to packaging. By developing JAZEAN, we are putting our local farmers on the map and giving them a platform to contribute to a national brand, which will take our homegrown product global.”

JAZEAN coffee is a unique blend of locally and globally produced Arabica beans. It is the product of one of the oldest coffee-growing communities in the world with over 800 years of coffee cultivation, based in Saudi Arabia’s southern region coffee belt, which is characterized by fertile lands, groundwater, wells, and valleys.

JAZEAN’s flavor profile will be deeply representative of the land, climate, and farming practices of the region, the company said in a press release. It will spotlight the Coffea Arabica beans, which have been cultivated and elevated by successive generations of coffee farmers.

In addition to contributing to the economy diversification efforts through the launch of JAZEAN, the Saudi Coffee Company is investing in the south region coffee community by introducing and training farmers on global best practices, helping farmers select better quality seeds, refine their farming methods, manage their resources more efficiently, and pilot new techniques to increase quality yield, it said.

JAZEAN will offer coffee products varying between specialty coffee, Saudi coffee, and others. It will do so through collaborations with the entities already operating, such as café, roasteries, and the HORECA sector, in Saudi Arabia to transform homegrown Saudi coffee from a local favorite to a global phenomenon.



Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
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Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.

"What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman," archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.

The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.

Palomino said the carefully preserved remains, dating to 3,000 years BC, contained skin, part of the nails and hair and was wrapped in a shroud made of several layers of fabric and a mantle of macaw feathers.

Macaws are colorful birds that belong to the parrot family.

The woman's funerary trousseau, which was presented to reporters at the culture ministry, included a toucan's beak, a stone bowl and a straw basket.

Preliminary analyses indicate that the remains found in December belong to a woman between 20 and 35 years old who was 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, and wearing a headdress that represented her elevated social status.

Palomino told reporters the find showed that while "it was generally thought that rulers were men, or that they had more prominent roles in society" women had "played a very important role in the Caral civilization."

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.

The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Lima and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Pacific Ocean.

It was declared a UN World Heritage Site in 2009.