THE COFFEE
Original from the Gori Gesha forest in Ethiopia, the seeds were taken to Costa Rica around 1950’s and from there to Panama. Hacienda la Esperanza in Panama became one of the first to cultivate the beans outside Ethiopia and in 2004 introduced the beans at The Best of Panama coffee auction (which is like the Oscars for coffee) from Finca La Esperanza in Panama is where the seeds for this coffee come from and the Colombia Geisha was born.

The very distinctive flowery, fruit-like flavor blew the minds of the taste evaluators and made Geisha worldwide famous overnight. Subsequently, this varietal continued to score very high in the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) 100-point scoring system – always above 90.Your cup will taste like jasmine, bergamot, apricot with a delicate butter-like body.

THE PRODUCER (Written by Esnayder Quartas)
As with most of our beans, the careful sourcing  and is done by myself  (Esnayder) and only from farms that I know that they  doing a great job in the agricultural process, such  as the beans of farmer Hermel  Alvarez who happens to be my cousin.  His father was one of the founding members of Cooperativa de Caficultores. He’s truly proud of his coffee and his land and a true lover of the Colombian countryside.

Hermel’s farm is one of the biggest that we’ve visited in Anserma, but that is still very very small compared, let’s say, with a commercial farm. Coffee farming in the Caldas region is quite spectacular. The plantations start at 1500m above sea level on extremely steep slopes. Hand-picking is still the only way to harvest in this region given the angle of the slopes.