Gesha
The same stone, cut another way.
Ripe Gesha cherries
Green Gesha beansCertificate of provenance
Gesha
- Lot
- Opening selection
- Variety
- Gesha
- Selection
- Rare lots
- Process
- Washed
- At the mill
- 50 hours oxidation, 48 hours anaerobic fermentation, thermal shock, yeast fermentation, then sun-dried
- Department
- Huila
- Municipality
- Pitalito
- Grower
- Jose Guerrero
- Altitude
- 1,600 m
- Cup score
- 88
- Packing
- Confirmed with each lot
- Count
- Bought to order.
Alpine Imports Limited trading as Oro Verde.
The ground
The largest coffee town in Huila, near the head of the Magdalena valley. Long-established smallholder farming between roughly 1,400 and 1,900 m.
The variety
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.
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