Coffees with the face of the Pope are featured in Lima waiting for the visit to Peru

A figure of Pope Leo XIV is present even in the coffee that is consumed in Peru, country where it is considered “the Peruvian pope” and which counts the days for his visit.

A coffee shop in Lima, one of the cities the Pope will visit in Peru, serves cappuccinos with the portrait of the pontiff drawn on the foam and Ariana Mallma, a barista of Ynn Coffee, told the agency on Thursday It was that “the idea arose in the simplest way”.

Ynn Coffee’s owner, Carlos Risco, was looking for people who could draw in a cup of coffee (a technique known as ‘late art’) for a television appearance, and Mallma volunteered.

Since they began making these drawings, two months ago, the barista tells, enthusiastic, that people coming all the way from Canada or the United States have appeared at Ynn Coffee, in the district of Surquillo, asking for the face of the pope.

For preparation, she first grinds the coffee, levels the powder, compacts, puts the filter holder in the espresso machine and then textures the milk.

On this foam, make the drawing using a cold chocolate sauce, prepared by you.

I trace the trace, using a metal rod and having as reference an image on the phone, draws on the foam of the coffee, a process that takes just over five minutes.

The cappuccino of Ynn Coffee costs 11 soles (about 2,84 euros), but “there is no fixed price for the cup with the Pope’s face”: the value is at the client’s discretion, in recognition of the “effort behind the whole design”, he explained.

Mallma will watch the Pope on television and wonders, enthusiastic, if he has managed to see his portraits at the café.

However, this will not be the only place where the Pope will see his face stamped. T-shirts, caps, keychains, among other objects, are being sold in the streets of Lima on the occasion of the visit of the leader of the Catholic Church.

From November 16th, Pope Leo XIV's first trip to Latin America will take place, passing through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, a country where he spent more than twenty years of pastoral life, from missionary to bishop, and from which he adopted the nationality, which he shares with the American.

The pope is interested in coffee, according to the Peruvian media, who say that he requested one in the district of Chorrillos, Lima, when he went to celebrate a mass in the Parish of Saint Augustine in La Encantada.

Peru is the ninth largest exporter of coffee in the global ranking and the fifth in soft coffees, according to information from the Peruvian Chamber of Coffee and Cocoa.

Cultivation occurs mainly in Peruvian Andes, including altitudes above 1,300 meters above sea level, in the case of specialty coffees.

In the first half of 2026, Peruvian coffee exports totaled 325 million dollars, according to data recorded by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).