Gesha - Hybrid Washed - Finca Las Margaritas, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Cauca

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Tastes Like: Donut Peach, Golden Kiwi, Lemon Blossom Origin: Finca Las Margaritas, Valle del Cauca, Colombia 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.: 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. Producer: Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera Elevation: 1570-1850 masl Process: Hybrid 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. About the Cup This Gesha from Finca Las Margaritas presents a bright, fruit-forward cup built around donut peach, golden kiwi, and lemon blossom. The profile is clean and lifted, with citrus-floral aromatics, refined stone-fruit sweetness, and a focused finish shaped by the Hybrid Washed process. About Finca Las Margaritas, Cafe Granja La Esperanza Finca Las Margaritas is part of Café Granja La Esperanza, the Colombian specialty coffee project led by Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. Located in Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Las Margaritas sits between 1,570 and 1,850 meters above sea level and is divided into multiple farm lots, giving CGLE a structured environment for matching variety, altitude, and processing style. The Herrera family’s coffee history began at Potosí, where Juan Antonio Herrera expanded the farm’s TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. plantings with Yellow BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., Red Bourbon, and CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. in 1945. Rigoberto and Luis later developed the project toward high-end specialty production, with particular attention to rare varieties and controlled post-harvest methods. Las Margaritas is one of the key farms within that program, and this Gesha reflects CGLE’s focus on variety-driven clarity and precise processing. About Gesha Gesha is a tall Arabica variety widely associated with high quality potential at elevation. In specialty coffee, well-grown Gesha lots are often valued for floral aromatics, citrus clarity, tea-like structure, and layered sweetness, though the final cup is always shaped by farm conditions, picking, processing, and roasting. In this lot, the lemon blossom note and bright peach-kiwi fruit expression fit the more aromatic side of Gesha without relying on heavy fermentation character. The high-elevation Las Margaritas setting and Hybrid Washed process he