Colombia — Pablo Guerrero, Hacienda El Obraje Geisha (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍑 Sweet Peach • 🥭 Mango • 🌸 Floral

DETAILS

• Producer: Pablo Guerrero
• Farm: Hacienda El Obraje
• Region: Nariño, Colombia
• Varietal: Geisha
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 2,200 MASL
• Size: 125g

INTRO

El Obraje's Geisha needs little introduction. This is a coffee that won first place at the 2021 Colombia Cup of Excellence — an extraordinary achievement for an equally extraordinary lot. Prolog have brought this coffee back year after year, and for very good reason: it continues to deliver a jaw-dropping cup that showcases what washed Geisha from the high altitudes of Nariño is capable of.

Due to the strictly limited volume available, Prolog roast this exclusively as an omni profile, making it equally rewarding as filter or espresso. Notes of sweet peach, mango, and floral delicacy mark this out as a genuinely special coffee — available in a 125g bag only.

THE PRODUCER

Pablo Guerrero was the first person to introduce coffee to the Tangua area outside of Pasto, beginning cultivation in 2000. Hacienda El Obraje had been in his family for generations, originally producing wheat and other grains, but as imported grains made traditional farming unviable Pablo pivoted to coffee — a decision that would ultimately reshape the region's agricultural identity.

By 2009 he had built his own processing facility and entered the specialty coffee market. From there, Pablo's experimentation accelerated: new varietals, new processing techniques, and an ever-growing reputation for quality. He planted his first Geisha seeds, brought from Panama, in 2011 — starting with 2,000 trees and later expanding to 9,000, all given generous 3-metre spacing to accommodate the variety's broad-reaching branches.

The farm sits at 2,200 metres above sea level on volcanic mineral-rich soils in Nariño, with dramatic daily temperature swings from 32°C at midday down to 8°C or below at night. These extremes produce incredibly dense, complex beans. El Obraje's wet mill is meticulous: tile fermentation tanks, depulping equipment, mechanical dryers, and raised solar-dryer beds all contribute to a tightly controlled and consistent process.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at Hacienda El Obraje involves:

• 🍒 Selective Harvest — Only fully mature, red-purple Geisha cherries are picked by hand
• ✅ Flotation Sorting — Cherries floated to remove underripe and defective fruit
• 🔧 Depulping — Mechanical removal of the cherry skin
• 🧪 Dry Fermentation — Beans fermented without water to develop complexity
• 💧 Washing — Coffee fully washed with clean water, removing residual mucilage
• ☀️ Drying — Dried on raised beds under a solar dryer structure

The combination of careful cherry selection, controlled fermentation, and clean washing produces a cup of exceptional clarity and elegance — everything you want from a top-tier washed Geisha.

THE CUP

Luscious and refined in equal measure. Sweet peach leads the palate, followed by a rich mango fruitiness and a soft, lingering floral quality that drifts beautifully as the cup cools. This is Geisha at its most generous and expressive — a coffee that rewards both contemplation and sheer pleasure.

Flavour Notes

• 🍑 Sweet Peach
• 🥭 Mango
• 🌸 Floral