Santa Monica Gesha - Colombia
COUNTRY: Colombia
FARM/COOP/STATION:Santa Monica
VARIETAL: Gesha
PROCESSING: Natural Lactic
ALTITUDE: 1450-1500 m.a.s.l.
OWNER: Jairo Arcila
SUBREGION/TOWN: Quindio
REGION: Armenia
FLAVOUR NOTES: Lemongrass, red fruits, orange, sugarcane
ABOUT THIS FARMER
This coffee was grown by Jairo Arcila at the farm Santa Monica. This coffee was exposed to a dry aerobic fermentation of 24 hours before being placed inside Grainpro bags for 90 hours, maintained at a temperature below 22C. In this environment, the bacteria feed on carbohydrates and sugars found on the mucilage leading to a higher concentration of lactic acid. Then this coffee was placed on raised beds until 11% moisture content is achieved.
GESHA
This microlot is 100% Gesha (sometimes spelled Geisha). This varietal was first discovered in Abyssinia, Ethiopia in 1931. Gesha was planted in Panama for the first time in 1963 and in Colombia in 2005.
