Gesha.
A known name, on known ground.
Ripe Gesha cherries
Green Gesha beansGesha
Everything the house knows about this lot, from the hillside to the bag.
- Lot
- OV-26-004
- Variety
- Gesha
- Selection
- Sought-after beans
- Process
- Washed
- The millTwo mills handle a lot. The wet mill on the farm depulps, ferments and dries. The dry mill near the port hulls, sorts and grades for export.More →
- Classic washed: 24 hours fermenting in the whole cherry, then 24 hours after depulping
- DepartmentColombia's thirty-two regions. Huila, Cauca and Antioquia are departments. A lot record names the department first, then the municipality, then the vereda.More →
- Huila
- MunicipalityThe town and the land around it, one tier below the department. Gigante and Pitalito are municipalities of Huila.More →
- Gigante
- Grower
- Alexis Silva
- Altitude
- 1,750 m
- Cup scoreA score out of 100 on the SCA cupping form. Specialty begins at 80. On a lot record the score always names who cupped it: the exporter, the house or a Q grader.More →
- 86 · Exporter's cupping
- PackingHow a lot is sealed for the voyage: a hermetic liner or vacuum pack inside the box, which keeps air and moisture off the green coffee.More →
- 12 kg vacuum packs
- Status
- Proposed for the first shipment.
Alpine Imports Limited trading as Oro Verde.
A growing town in central Huila, on the slopes above the Magdalena river. Warm days, cool nights and altitude around 1,500 to 1,900 m.
Gesha was carried out of Ethiopian forest in the 1930s, held in research gardens, and recognised again in Panama in 2004. The name now travels ahead of almost any coffee variety.
Colombian growers in Huila, Cauca and Quindío work with the same lineage. A name may open the door; the sample still has to earn its place on the table.
More on Gesha →Ask about this lot.
Email Gio with roughly how many kilos you'd like, or ask for a 200 g sample. No account and no commitment. What roasters ask for decides what comes in on the first shipment.
Or write to info@alpineimports.co.nz. I reply within a working day.