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  • Text 'MASTERPIECES 014 Dylan Aguilera' on a pink background
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  • Harmony Coffee package on a wooden surface
  • Pink background with black text displaying 'Dylan Aguilera' and 'Licho'.
  • Text 'PROCESS FERMENT WASHED' on a pink background
  • Text 'VARIETY GESHA' on a pink background
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Harmony Coffee Roaster

DYLAN AGUILERA

£19.95 GBP
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Suitable for: Espresso & Filter Brewing
Best As: Espresso (Black), & Filter (Black)

Flavour Description: Jasmine Florals, Lemon Tea, Lemon Verbena, Candied Orange, Honey

Producer: Dylan Aguilera
Farm: Finca Licho
Region: Naranjos
Variety: Gesha (Geisha)
Process: Washed

Sourced via: Dylan Aguilera (Direct)

Recommended Rest: For the best tasting brew out of this specialty coffee Costa Rica, we'd suggest resting this for 24-49 days off roast - we wrote a coffee blog on this here.

 

About This Coffee

Some of you may remember that we featured coffees from Dylan and his brothers last year. We were so impressed by the transparency, care, attention and endless detail that he was willing to share with us that this year, we decided to offer Dylan a contract to provide us a lot more coffee this year, booking back in February, while our Yellow Honey Milenio was still on the offer list - to get ahead of the current harvest and book some exceptional coffees.

What started as a single 69kg sack led to buying over 2000kg from Dylan and his brothers just a few months later. This year, we have worked directly with Dylan to purchase from his farm Finca Matilde, in addition to farms operated by his brothers at Finca Toño, Finca Licho and El Roble. 

 

Gesha (or Geisha) is often regarded as the most highly sought after variety in coffee. The original lineage traces back to seeds collected in rural Ethiopia in the 1930s - it's commonly referred to as Gesha, sharing a name with a nearby mountain where it was first discovered.

When logged, it was noted that Gesha was moderately resistant to leaf rust, and as such, a number of saplings were first planted in Panama during the 1960s. But various impracticalities of the variety made it initially undesirable - a low planting density, brittle branches and low yield made it a poor choice for many farmers.

It wasn't until the 2005 Panama auction that this variety found itself in the spotlight of international regard, where the Peterson family entered their Gesha into the competition. Not only did it achieve extremely high scores, but its' distinct florality and high acidity attracted a number of high bids from auction attendees, breaking the standing auction green coffee price record.

Since the quality potential of Gesha was revealed to the world, it has found itself as a staple on the offer lists of the world's greatest roasteries.