Colombia — Linarco Rodriguez Honey Geisha (50g Sample) (Gift)

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40
• Sweet
  25

Complimentary with orders £75 and over Colombia — Linarco Rodriguez HoneyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. GeishaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction. This coffee was processed using a series of controlled fermentation stages designed to maximise flavour and showcase the pedigree of cherries grown in the fertile soils of southwest Huila. The first stage started with a 24-hour fermentation, keeping the whole cherry intact, allowing the fruit’s naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. sugars to enhance the inherent qualities of this lot. The cherries were then depulped and moved into sealed barrels for 48 hours of anaerobic fermentationAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. – a no-oxygen environment that guides a more controlled development of flavour. A single wash followed before the coffee moved to raised beds for a slow, even 22-day dry, reaching a target moisture content of 10–11%. The result is a coffee that reflects both precise post-harvest technique and the inherent quality of its origin – a clear expression of what careful fermentation and exceptional growing conditions can achieve.