Gesha - Hybrid Washed - Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Cauca
• 🇵🇦 Panama

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

Tastes Like: Peach Ramune, Jasmine, Citron Origin: Cerro Azul, 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: 1,752-1,941 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 Cerro Azul Gesha is a bright, aromatic cup centered on peach ramune, jasmine, and citron. The profile is clean and lifted, with sparkling citrus 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., translucent stone-fruit sweetness, and a floral finish shaped by Gesha’s high-altitude expression and the clarity of the Hybrid Washed process. About Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza Café Granja La Esperanza is one of Colombia’s most recognized specialty coffee producers, led by brothers Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. The Herrera family’s work traces back to Potosí, where Juan Antonio Herrera expanded the farm’s plantings beyond TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. to include 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., laying the foundation for the family’s focus on variety selection, agronomy, and quality-driven processing. This lot comes from Cerro Azul in Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, a high-elevation farm associated with Café Granja La Esperanza’s pioneering work with Gesha in Colombia. Cerro Azul is recognized as Colombia’s first Gesha-only farm, originally converted from other varieties before being planted with Gesha seed brought from Panama. Today, the farm is divided into seven lots and sits in a cool, humid mountain environment, a planted area of 17.4 hectares, and temperatures ranging from 15–21°C. Within that setting, this Gesha lot’s 1,752–1,941 masl elevation range supports a cup profile that emphasizes aromatic clarity, citrus structure, and delicate floral sweetness. About Gesha Gesha is an Ethiopian landraceHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. variety that became globally recognized through high-altitude production in Panama and has since been cultivated by select producers in other origins, including Colombia. In specialty coffee, Gesha is often valued for its potential for florality, refined acidity, and delicate fruit expression, though its