Native - HACHI - SORA (空)
Description
Panama — Hachi Coffee Yoru (夜) Gesha (Washed)
Tastes Like — 🌸 Rose • 🍊 Kumquat • 🌺 Floral • 🥛 Silky
DETAILS
- Producer: Hachi Coffee
- Region: Chiriquí Province
- Origin: Panama
- Varietal: Gesha
- Process: Washed
INTRO
Yoru (夜) — Japanese for "night" — is Native Coffee's expression of Hachi Coffee's Panamanian Gesha: a washed lot of exceptional florality, citrus brightness, and silky elegance. In the cup: rose, kumquat, and a lingering floral delicacy that speaks of Panama's extraordinary Gesha terroir at its most refined.
THE PRODUCER
Hachi Coffee is a Panamanian specialty producer dedicated to cultivating Gesha in the country's celebrated highland growing regions, where volcanic soils, cool temperatures, and persistent cloud cover create the conditions for exceptional cup quality. Panama has been synonymous with Gesha since 2004, when the variety's debut at the Best of Panama competition reset the world's understanding of what coffee could achieve. Hachi Coffee's commitment to quality at origin — from careful cultivation through to precise post-harvest processing — is evident in the clarity and elegance of this washed expression.
Gesha, first collected from the forests of Ethiopia in the 1930s and arriving in Panama via research stations in Tanzania and Central America in the 1960s, became the benchmark variety for competition baristas and specialty enthusiasts worldwide following its landmark Best of Panama debut — defined by its intensely floral aromatics, bright citrus acidity, and silky, tea-like body.
THE PROCESS
The Washed process involves:
🍒 Hand-picking — Gesha cherries selectively harvested at peak ripeness 🔧 Depulping — Outer skin removed before fermentation 🧪 Fermentation — Beans fermented to break down remaining mucilage 💧 Washing — Thoroughly washed to remove all fermentation residue ☀️ Drying — Dried to optimal moisture content
The meticulous washed processing is the defining step — stripping back all fruit influence to allow the intrinsic floral and citrus character of the Gesha variety and Hachi Coffee's Panamanian terroir to express themselves with full transparency and elegance.
THE CUP
A beautifully refined and deeply floral washed Gesha — rose and kumquat brightness framed by a delicate floral complexity and a silky, lingering finish that defines the very best of Panamanian specialty coffee. Quiet, elegant, and entirely its own.
Flavour Notes
🌸 Rose 🍊 Kumquat 🌺 Floral 🥛 Silky
Panama — Hachi Coffee Sora (空) Gesha (Natural)
Tastes Like — 🫐 Blue Raspberry • 🌸 Orange Blossom • 🍷 White Wine
DETAILS
- Producer: Hachi Coffee
- Roaster: Native Coffee
- Origin: Panama
- Varietal: Gesha
- Process: Natural
INTRO
Sora (空) — Japanese for "sky" — is Native Coffee's naturally processed expression of Hachi Coffee's Panamanian Gesha: vivid, lifted, and expressive where Yoru is refined and floral. Blue raspberry vibrancy, orange blossom florality, and a white wine elegance that speaks of exceptional Gesha grown with care in Panama's extraordinary highland terroir. In the cup: blue raspberry, orange blossom, and white wine.
THE PRODUCER
Hachi Coffee is a Panamanian specialty producer dedicated to cultivating Gesha in the country's celebrated highland growing regions, where volcanic soils, cool temperatures, and persistent cloud cover create the conditions for exceptional cup quality. Panama has been synonymous with Gesha since the variety's landmark debut at the 2004 Best of Panama competition, where it reset the world's understanding of what coffee could be — and Hachi Coffee's naturally processed expression demonstrates the full expressive potential that the variety delivers when the fruit's own sugars are allowed to shape the cup.
THE PROCESS
The Natural process involves:
🍒 Hand-picking — Gesha cherries selectively harvested at peak ripeness 🔍 Sorting — Only the finest ripe cherries selected before drying ☀️ Whole-fruit drying — Cherries dried with fruit intact, allowing natural sugars and aromatic compounds to integrate slowly into the bean throughout the drying period
The whole-fruit natural drying is the defining step — by leaving the cherry intact throughout, the process amplifies the Gesha's inherent florality and citrus character with the fruit's own sugars, building the blue raspberry vibrancy and white wine elegance that define this lot while preserving the orange blossom delicacy that is the variety's hallmark.
THE CUP
A vivid, lifted, and beautifully expressive natural Gesha — blue raspberry brightness and orange blossom florality up front, resolving into a white wine elegance that lingers into a long, refined finish. Sora: the sky above Panama's finest Gesha, in every cup.
Flavour Notes
🫐 Blue Raspberry 🌸 Orange Blossom 🍷 White Wine
