Georgina Puma Monte Verde Gesha

Apple blossom, mandarin, and blueberry. This is our first year working with Georgina and her extremely small garden of Gesha, tucked away in the mountains of Santa Ana in Cusco.

This is our first year purchasing coffee from Georgina Puma. Santa Ana has a unique microclimate for coffee production, and Georgina has done a remarkable job cultivating coffee within it. The region’s relatively high humidity allows her to maintain nearly a full forest canopy of shade while still producing exceptional quality. This approach also helps preserve soil health and biodiversity across the farm.

Gesha was originally collected from coffee forests of Ethiopia in the 1930s. It came to prominence in 2005 when the Peterson family of Boquete, Panama, entered it into the Best of Panama competition, receiving exceptionally high marks and breaking the then-record for green coffee auction prices. Since then, the variety has become a favorite of brewing and roasting competition winners and coffee enthusiasts alike.

Processing: Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and de-pulped on the day of harvest. Wet-fermented for 32 hours. Washed. Dried on raised beds until moisture content reaches 10.5%.