Finca La Roca IV - Jorge Rojas

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Prodigal menu champion Jorge Rojas brings us this gorgeous, white-honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. 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.. The white-honey process leaves very little fruit in contact with the parchment layer, lending just the right amount of coffee-cherry goodness to ripen up the fruit flavors. We tasted a beautiful combo of peach, orange blossom, and mango. This coffee went to our Monthly Subscribers first and just a couple bags remain from that roast, rested and ready to ship! We also have just a tiny bit available as green coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. for home roasters too! Jorge grew this geisha at his farm, Finca La Roca, a 7-hectare certified organic farm. This coffee was floated to remove defects, then fermented for 48 hours. Depulping left a tiny amount of fruit in contact with the seed — the white honey process. It then dried for 14 days and then we rushed it to Prodigal to preserve quality. Process: White Honey Region: Huila, 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.: Geisha 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!