Colombia — Pablo Andrés Guerrero Hacienda El Obraje Geisha, Lot #163 (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍊 Mandarin • 🌸 Floral • 🍊 Orange • 🎋 Sugarcane

DETAILS

• Producer: Pablo Andrés Guerrero (Hacienda El Obraje)
• Region: Tangua, Nariño, Colombia
• Varietal: Geisha
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 2,000–2,300 masl
• Lot: #163 (2026, not the 2021 competition lot)
• Roast Profile: Lighter roast (Reserve line, 50g)

INTRO
A washed Geisha from the farm behind the 2021 Colombia Cup of Excellence winner. In the cup: mandarin and orange, florals, and a clean sugarcane sweetness.

THE PRODUCER
Hacienda El Obraje sits on the slope of a dormant volcano in Tangua, in the far south of Nariño. For generations the Guerrero family grew wheat here; when cheap imports made grain unviable, Pablo Andrés Guerrero, an architect from Pasto, bet the land on coffee and was one of the first in the area to plant it. Of nearly 90 hectares he keeps only about 35 in coffee and has turned the rest into a natural forest reserve, planting trees to protect the farm's microclimate. Days reach 32°C at noon and nights fall to 8°C or lower, a swing that builds dense beans and a clean, layered acidity. In 2021 his washed Geisha won the Colombia Cup of Excellence with 90.61 points, and his lots are still chosen by competitors around the world. Mazelab first roasted El Obraje in 2023 and keeps coming back.

THE PROCESS
The cherries are picked by hand and rest 40 hours in open bags before being floated, sorted, and pulped. The wet parchment then ferments 36 hours in dry sealed tanks, is washed in clean water, and dries for 18 days in a parabolic greenhouse.

The 40-hour open-bag rest followed by a 36-hour dry sealed-tank ferment is the defining combination. It builds the clean, layered citrus acidity and sugarcane sweetness behind this cup.

THE CUP
Clean and layered: mandarin and orange lead, with florals and a clean sugarcane sweetness.

Flavour Notes
🍊 Mandarin 🌸 Floral 🍊 Orange 🎋 Sugarcane