Washed Gesha Coffees

For tasting the specialty-coffee reference point. For the bag worth writing notes on. For anyone curious why Gesha became the most-discussed varietal in the last 20 years.

Double filter: variety AND process. Excludes natural-process Geshas (a separate juicier character) and washed-but-non-Gesha beans, leaving the cluster that defines the floral end of specialty. Usually the most expensive bag in any roaster's lineup; the difference between a careful pour and a sloppy one is substantial.

Gesha originally from Ethiopia, brought to global attention in 2004 when Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda set a world price record. Now grown in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, and back to its native Ethiopia.