Colombia — Jorge Rojas Finca La Roca Geisha (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🌼 Honeysuckle • 🌸 Jasmine • 🍋 Lemon Tea

DETAILS

• Producer: Jorge Rojas
• Farm: Finca La Roca
• Region: Planadas, Tolima, Colombia
• Varietal: Geisha
• Process: Washed
• Elevation: 1,850 masl
• Price Paid: $44 USD/kg

INTRO A sixth time featuring Jorge Rojas's coffee, and the third of his Geisha lots — beautifully sweet, sparkling, and as always, very clean. Delicate florals like honeysuckle and jasmine pair with juicy citrus reminiscent of lemon tea. In the cup: honeysuckle, jasmine, and lemon tea.

THE PRODUCER Jorge Rojas is a fourth-generation coffee producer whose journey began at just 13 years old, when his mother gave him the chance to work on the family farm, learning the meticulous process of growing, harvesting, and bagging coffee. He later worked as a bag handler at a local association to gain more experience, eventually learning everything needed to run a farm himself. Introduced to specialty coffee in 2016, Jorge has been experimenting with ways to improve his cup quality ever since.

Geisha was originally collected from coffee forests in Ethiopia in the 1930s, later sent to the Lyamungu research station in Tanzania, then brought to CATIE in Central America in 1953, and distributed through Panama in the 1960s for its coffee leaf rust tolerance. Initially overlooked for its brittle branches, it rose to prominence in 2004 when the Peterson family's entry broke green coffee auction records at Best of Panama. Genetic analysis by World Coffee Research has since confirmed that Panamanian Geisha descending from T2722 is distinct and uniform, associated with extremely high cup quality and known for its delicate floral, jasmine, and peach-like aromas.

THE PROCESS Jorge has developed his own washing and drying process, beginning with a very strict selection of coffee cherries during harvest. For this lot, selected cherries are pulped and washed before undergoing a meticulous, carefully monitored drying process.

This strict cherry selection combined with Jorge's carefully developed drying protocol is the defining step — it's what preserves the delicate honeysuckle, jasmine, and lemon tea character that define this consistently clean cup.

THE CUP Delicate and clean — honeysuckle and jasmine florals pair with juicy lemon tea-like citrus. Silky body, sparkling finish.

Flavour Notes 🌼 Honeysuckle 🌸 Jasmine 🍋 Lemon Tea