Mexico Finca Chelín Hydronatural Natural Geisha

Origin

• 🇲🇽 Mexico

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
  20

Origin Story This lot was grown at Finca Chelín, high in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, by Enrique López, a celebrated grower who is among the most experimental coffee farmers in our entire Direct Trade network. It is a single-varietal 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., but chances are it won’t taste quite like the last Geisha you tasted. That’s because it is what Enrique calls a “hydronatural 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.” lot. Like other naturals, it was dried in the fruit. Unlike other naturals, its slow, four-week drying cycle was interrupted by an overnight soak in cold water at the end of day three. The combination of the coffee’s Geisha genetics, Finca Chelín’s exceptional terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process., and Enrique’s creative processing make this coffee unlike any other Geisha — or any natural — you will taste this year.