Villa Betulia Luis Anibal Calderon Gesha

Colombia | Villa Betulia | Luis Anibal Calderon | Gesha Natural

Gesha (or Geisha), originally from Ethiopia, gained fame through Panamanian farms for its outstanding floral and tea-like cup profile. Often described as jasmine, bergamot, and stone fruit in the cup, it commands some of the highest prices in specialty coffee. It has low yields and is challenging to grow but highly sought after for competition and premium markets.

The natural process involves drying whole coffee cherries under the sun, allowing the beans to absorb flavors from the fruit as they dry. This results in a coffee with a heavy body, fruity sweetness, and complex flavors. It’s commonly practiced in Ethiopia and Brazil, where the climate is conducive to sun-drying.

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Jammy cherry and fresh passion fruit with mild caramel flavours. Sparkling acidity and syrupy sweetness.

Colombia | Villa Betulia | Luis Anibal Calderon | Gesha Natural - When is peak flavour?

Luis is a Huila Best Cup 2016 top 30 finalist. He was given a very small lot as a gift from his father, and, since then, has been expanding and applying better methods of processing techniques. Coffee has changed the style of his life: He and his family work together as a team to run the farm. He collects only ripe cherries, ferments dry for 25 hours, then moves the coffee to his parabolic dryer for an average of 25 days.

Located in southwestern Colombia, Huila is nestled in-between the Central and Eastern ranges of the Andes, with the middle area called the Magdalena Valley. The variation in elevation results in Huila being one of the country's most unique and complex regions of coffee production. Its terroir, climate, and harvest cycles all contribute to the quality of coffee produced here. The most impressive quality behind the coffees coming out of Huila lies in the people producing them. While Huila accounts for nearly 20% of the country's production, 80% of coffee producers operate on less than three hectares.

Gesha (also spelled Geisha) is prized for its exceptional cup quality when grown at altitude. It traces back to Ethiopian landrace coffees collected in the 1930s - the name is thought to derive from Ethiopia’s Gori Gesha forest - and reached modern fame in Panama in 2005, when a Gesha lot won Best of Panama and broke price records. Processed as a natural at Villa Betulia, it shows the variety’s signature florals alongside jammy cherry, fresh passion fruit and a syrupy sweetness.