Colombia - Las Marias Rio Dulce Geisha | Washed 100g - Archived

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40

Las Marias Estate is the newest farm of the Giraldo family. Jose was intentionally looking for a farm with high elevation, surrounded by native forest and with luminosity conditions that would bring out the best quality of the most exotic coffee varietals. Pijao, Quindio is a super small town in the heart of the Andes Mountains, a quiet and peaceful place. In his search for land Jose discovered Las Marias, a farm which had been abandoned for more than 20 years covered in overgrown grass and invasive plants, but there were some rare cherries in the middle of that mess. 7.000 Trees of around 70 years old in an unkempt condition. They recovered those TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. trees and started selection of the best genetics they wanted to grow in Las Marias. Of course the 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. was the crown jewel of what they wanted to grow there, they got the seeds from Panama and took great care of those delicate trees. For this Rio Dulce Double 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. Lot only the best selections of the Geisha Genetics in Las Marias were picked. Picked in the perfect ripe moment when the brix grade was > 22 they are then sent to the Cafe 1959 Facilities at La Clarita Drying station. The coffee is then pulped and put into closed tanks for a 24hr anaerobic fermentationAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. . After this initial fermentation the tank is opened, the coffee washed and put into a dry closed tank for a second 24 hr fermentation. Finally it is washed again, rinsed and put onto raised drying beds.