Brazil Fazenda Rio Verde COE #3 Gesha

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil· Minas Gerais

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Ships within 1 week of your roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months.. 100% specialty arabica. This 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. GeshaGesha (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. is at its peak 2 to 3 weeks after roasting. A Floral, Fruit-Forward Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. Gesha from Brazil Brazil Fazenda Rio Verde COE #3 Gesha is a light-roastLight roastRoasted just past first crack to preserve origin character: higher acidity, florals, and fruit, lighter body. The signature of Nordic-style roasting. single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. grown in the Mantiqueira Mountains of Minas Gerais and ranked #3 in Brazil's Cup of Excellence. Naturally processed from the prized Gesha varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process., it pours floral and juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. with passionfruit, nectarine, and papaya — an expressive, aromatic filter coffee for adventurous home brewers. Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. Floral · Passionfruit · Nectarine · Papaya A delicate, tea-like bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. with bright tropical acidity and a clean, lingering fruit finish. Coffee Details Origin Brazil Region Conceição do Rio Verde, Minas Gerais Farm Fazenda Rio Verde Producer Ipanema Agrícola Variety Gesha Processing Natural Altitude 1260 masl Award Cup of Excellence #3 Roast Level Light Tasting Notes Floral, passionfruit, nectarine, papaya About This Coffee This lot earned the #3 spot in Brazil's Cup of Excellence — the country's most rigorous green-coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. competition, where the highest-scoring microlots are judged blind by an international panel. A top-three finish places this Gesha among the finest coffees Brazil produced that harvest. Founded in 1887, Fazenda Rio Verde began with a wedding, passed down as a gift between families and tended across generations ever since. Set in the heart of the Mantiqueira Mountains, it is now the oldest and flagship farm of the Ipanema Agrícola group, home to a state-of-the-art mill and processing centre, surrounded by untouched forest, crystal-clear springs, and ecological trails that balance production with preservation. Sustainability sits at the core of everything here: an environmental monitoring centre oversees rigorous water management, native-species reforestation, the protection of wild bee populations, and continuous study of local fauna and flora. The mineral-rich, clay-heavy Mantiqueira soil is one of the farm