{"product_id":"shoebox-marlon-bolanos-natural-gesha-colombia","title":"Shoebox Coffee Roasters - Marlon Bolaños - Natural Gesha | Colombia","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColombia — Marlon Bolaños \/ The Three Coffee Farmers, Gesha (Natural)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTastes Like — 🍓 Jammy Strawberry • 🍈 Grenadine • 🌺 Hibiscus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marlon Bolaños \/ The Three Coffee Farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Three Coffee Farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Huila, Colombia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarietal:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gesha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,600–1,800 MASL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 125g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTRO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarlon Bolaños's project \"The Three Coffee Farmers\" produces some of the most extraordinary coffees to come out of Huila. This Natural Gesha delivers the intensity Marlon is known for — overripe jammy strawberry, syrupy grenadine sweetness, cooling into hibiscus florals and a zingy lime finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarlon didn't take a serious interest in coffee until the age of 17, when he enrolled in a Barista education course at SENA, learning brewing, green coffee grading, and sensory analysis. That course changed everything. Upon returning to the family farm, he began planting differentiated varietals — pink bourbon, gesha, chiroso — whilst experimenting with new fermentation techniques on each subsequent harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday the farm is jointly owned by Marlon and his brothers Pedro and Hemerson. Marlon leads quality control, fermentation protocol development, sampling, and logistics. He has also won multiple barista and brewing competitions, using spring water drawn directly from the family's farm — water so naturally mineral-rich and well-suited to brewing that peers have coined it \"Champion's Water.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PROCESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Natural process on this Gesha lot involved careful cherry selection at peak ripeness before a minimal-intervention drying protocol:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🍒 \u003cstrong\u003eHarvesting\u003c\/strong\u003e — Overripe cherry selection to maximise sweetness and fruit density\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e☀️ \u003cstrong\u003eInitial drying\u003c\/strong\u003e — Brief open-air drying in cherry prior to fermentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🧪 \u003cstrong\u003eAnaerobic phase\u003c\/strong\u003e — 60 hours sealed in a container to develop layered fermentation character\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🌿 \u003cstrong\u003eGreenhouse drying\u003c\/strong\u003e — Transferred to raised beds in a greenhouse for 20 days of slow, controlled drying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a fruit-forward cup with the clarity and complexity of a carefully managed natural — expressive without being funky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE CUP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Natural Gesha opens with an abundance of overripe jammy strawberry and syrupy grenadine sweetness. As it cools, delicate hibiscus florals emerge alongside a bright, citric lime finish that lingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlavour Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🍓 \u003cstrong\u003eJammy Strawberry\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🍈 \u003cstrong\u003eGrenadine\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🌺 \u003cstrong\u003eHibiscus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Shoebox Coffee Roasters","offers":[{"title":"Standard - 0-6 Weeks off Roast \/ May 8th","offer_id":57888023052662,"sku":"SHOE-MARLON-NAT-GESHA-MAY08","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9152\/5021\/files\/Marlon-shopify_14df10f9-ba99-4699-8a26-079e3985a543.webp?v=1779026960","url":"https:\/\/sigmacoffee.co.uk\/products\/shoebox-marlon-bolanos-natural-gesha-colombia","provider":"Sigma Coffee UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}