Gesha
Washed
Finca Los Angeles

Tastes Like: Jasmine, Green Grape, Blood Orange

Origin: Finca Los Ángeles, Nariño, Colombia

Variety: Gesha

Producer: José Ignacio Gómez López

Elevation: 2000 masl

Process:  Washed

Farm and Producer

José Ignacio Gómez López is a second-generation coffee producer at Los Ángeles in Buesaco, Nariño. He began growing coffee in the 1990s, and the roughly nine-hectare farm now includes Gesha, Pink Bourbon and Papayo. Fruit trees and plantains grow alongside the coffee for shade and household use, with seasonal corn and beans also cultivated.

Variety

Gesha, also spelled Geisha, is an Arabica variety with Ethiopian origins. It is valued for high cup-quality potential and floral aromatics, especially under suitable high-elevation growing conditions. Its expression also depends on cultivation, processing, and roasting.

Processing

Selected ripe cherries are washed and sorted by flotation, then ferment whole in closed tanks. After depulping, a second fermentation takes place with the mucilage retained and without added water. The coffee is then washed with potable water and dried in the sun.