2023 The Alarcon Family; Finca La Palestina, Gesha - Peru

Origin

• 🇵🇪 Peru

Tasting notes

This is our second year working in Peru, and it is still very much an origin of mystery for us. However, we feel this 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. selection from the Alarcon family is very representative of the quality Peru can produce. In the profile we find traditional gesha florality as well as a complexity of fruit rarely found in this 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.. In the cup we find jasmine, lavender, star fruit, and citrus.