Colombia — Arley Vargas Finca La Piragua Geisha (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🌸 Pink Peony • 🍈 Orange Cantaloupe • 🍊 Blood Orange

DETAILS

• Producer: Arley & Alexander Vargas
• Farm: Finca La Piragua
• Region: Huila, Colombia
• Varietal: Geisha
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1,800 MASL
• Size: 125g

INTRO

From Arley Vargas and his father Alexander at Finca La Piragua — an extraordinarily accessible entry point into the world of beautiful washed Colombian Geisha. Immense quality, layers of flavour, and the kind of perfumed florality that could easily pass for a far more exclusive lot. If you've been wanting to wade into the world of washed Geisha, this is the one to begin with. In the cup: a wave of pink peony florals, ripe orange cantaloupe juiciness, and stable blood orange acidity throughout.

THE PRODUCER

Arley Vargas is a second-generation coffee producer who works alongside his father Alexander on their shared 18-hectare farm in Huila at 1,800 MASL. Finca La Piragua is operated entirely under regenerative farming practices — including the active reforestation of previously deforested parts of the farm, reflecting a commitment to the long-term health of the land as much as the quality of the coffee it produces. The farm's debut on Mirra Coffee's menu is a stunning introduction to what Arley and Alexander are building together.

Geisha, first identified in the 1930s in the forests of Gori Gesha in Ethiopia, first attracted global attention in 2005 when the Peterson family at Hacienda La Esmeralda in Boquete, Panama entered a lot into the Best of Panama competition and won — launching a variety that has since become the most lauded in commercial cultivation. In Huila's cool, high-altitude microclimate at 1,800 MASL, its hallmark perfumed florality and delicate complexity find ideal conditions to express themselves with full precision and elegance.

THE CUP

A stunning and beautifully accessible washed Geisha from one of Huila's most promising young family farms — a wave of perfumed pink peony florals, ripe and juicy orange cantaloupe sweetness, and a stable blood orange acidity that runs clean and bright from first sip to last. Immense quality at a genuinely accessible price.

Flavour Notes

🌸 Pink Peony 🍈 Orange Cantaloupe 🍊 Blood Orange