Finca Las Delicias

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Nariño

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30

Please welcome our latest 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., Finca Las Delicias! We snuck this coffee into our March coffee subscription , and now it's available to everyone, along with a few rested bags from March 30. We love this classic gesha's stone fruit, earl grey, and berry profile, and we'd describe the flavors as even more "ripe" than the typical notion of a washed gesha. Jesus Angel Lopez produced this coffee, as well as 2023 Prodigal legend Llano Redondo. Three generations on, he's been working the land for 14 years along with his father. They only produce washed coffees, which works well for Prodigal's tastes! After picking only ripe cherries, the coffee was density sorted, pulped, and fermented in tanks for just 24-hours. Following washing, the coffee then dried over 15-20 days. Process: Washed Region: Nariño, 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.: Gesha Make sure to check that the 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. you've selected is what you're looking for — if there is an "upcoming roast" for this coffee, the upcoming roast date is listed under the tasting notesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. at the top of this product page. Please read our shipping info page!