Colombia Espejo Gesha - Washed

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Tolima

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Whole bean, roasted to order and shipped within 24 hours 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.. These beans hit their peak two to three weeks after roasting, so there is no rush. A bright, floral washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. 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. from Tolima, Colombia Colombia Espejo 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 by Arnubio Jose Cardenas Sanches on El Espejo farm in Tolima. Washed and dried slowly, it pours clean and tea-like, leading with apricot, Earl Grey florals and bright acidityAcidityThe 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.. Made for filter drinkers who love delicate, aromatic cups. Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. Apricot · Earl Grey · Floral Light bodied and tea-like, with bright, clean acidity and a soft, perfumed finish. Coffee Details Origin Colombia Region Tolima Farm El Espejo (8.5 hectares) Producer Arnubio Jose Cardenas Sanches 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. Gesha Processing Washed Roast Level Light Tasting Notes Apricot, Earl Grey, Floral About This Coffee Arnubio Jose Cardenas Sanches bought his first two hectares of pasture at just 16 years old in 1999, and has spent the last 25 years devoted to coffee. Today El Espejo spans 8.5 hectares in Tolima, where he grows CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., Colombia and Gesha varieties with meticulous lot separation. For this lot, only ripe cherries were collected and sorted by density. They were left to ferment in cherry for 12 hours, de-pulped, then fermented in tanks for a further 12 hours. After washing, the beans were laid to dry on ventilated raised roofs for 18 to 23 days. That careful, slow approach is what gives the cup its clean, floral clarity. Once a subscriber-only release, we are glad to offer this Gesha to everyone. How to Brew Colombia Espejo Gesha Method Filter Ratio 1 : 17 Ground coffee 16g Total water 250ml Water temperature 93°C Brew time 3 minutes If the cup tastes thin or sour, grind a little finer; if it turns harsh or drying, grind coarser. Small steps make a big difference with a delicate Gesha like this. How Much Coffee Is in a Bag? A 150g bag brews around 10 filter cups at 15g per cup. Gesha is one of the rarest and most aromatic variet