Gesha - Hybrid Washed - Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Description

Tastes Like: Peach Ramune, Jasmine, Citron Origin: Cerro Azul, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Variety: Gesha Producer:  Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera Elevation: 1,752-1,941 masl Process: Hybrid Washed About the Cup This Cerro Azul Gesha is a bright, aromatic cup centered on peach ramune, jasmine, and citron. The profile is clean and lifted, with sparkling citrus acidity, translucent stone-fruit sweetness, and a floral finish shaped by Gesha’s high-altitude expression and the clarity of the Hybrid Washed process. About Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza Café Granja La Esperanza is one of Colombia’s most recognized specialty coffee producers, led by brothers Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. The Herrera family’s work traces back to Potosí, where Juan Antonio Herrera expanded the farm’s plantings beyond Typica to include Yellow Bourbon, Red Bourbon, and Caturra, laying the foundation for the family’s focus on variety selection, agronomy, and quality-driven processing. This lot comes from Cerro Azul in Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, a high-elevation farm associated with Café Granja La Esperanza’s pioneering work with Gesha in Colombia. Cerro Azul is recognized as Colombia’s first Gesha-only farm, originally converted from other varieties before being planted with Gesha seed brought from Panama. Today, the farm is divided into seven lots and sits in a cool, humid mountain environment, a planted area of 17.4 hectares, and temperatures ranging from 15–21°C. Within that setting, this Gesha lot’s 1,752–1,941 masl elevation range supports a cup profile that emphasizes aromatic clarity, citrus structure, and delicate floral sweetness. About Gesha Gesha is an Ethiopian landrace variety that became globally recognized through high-altitude production in Panama and has since been cultivated by select producers in other origins, including Colombia. In specialty coffee, Gesha is often valued for its potential for florality, refined acidity, and delicate fruit expression, though its final cup profile depends heavily on site, farming, harvest selection, and processing. In this Cerro Azul lot, the Gesha variety supports the coffee’s jasmine aromatics, bright citron-like acidity, and clean peach-toned sweetness. About Processing Hybrid Washed is a layered washed-style process designed to preserve clarity while building aromatic depth and sweetness through controlled fermentation. For Cerro Azul Gesha, this process is commonly described as fermentation in intact cherry followed by depulping and a second fermentation stage in parchment and mucilage before washing and drying. The result is a cup that keeps the precision and transparency associated with washed processing while adding a slightly more expressive fruit character and texture.