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Puerto Arturo Geisha

250g

Cup Notes: Bergamot, Yellow Apple, Lichi, Honey

A rare honey-processed Geisha from Colombia, featuring a creamy body, soft malic acidity, notes of yellow apple and lychee, high sweetness, and a lactic, yogurt-like texture.

Suggested for espresso and filter

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Details

Series
Competition
Producer
Elkin Arcila
Country
Colombia
Terroir
Támesis
Altitude
1850 masl
Process
Honey - Raised Beds
Arabica cultivar
Geisha Yogurt
Picked in
December 2024
Arrived in
April 2025
Shipped in
Box + Vacuum pack
Roast profile by
Rubens Gardelli
Roasted on
Customised solid-drum roaster

STORY BEHIND

This coffee comes from the municipality of Támesis, in the Antioquia region of Colombia, an area located on the central and western slopes of the Andes and historically recognized as the birthplace of coffee cultivation in the country.

Thanks to fertile volcanic soils and stable temperatures ranging between 23–26°C throughout the year, the region offers ideal growing conditions. The presence of two dry and two wet seasons allows for two harvests annually, with the main harvest taking place from October to December.

This lot was produced at Finca Puerto Arturo by Elkin Arcila, one of the first specialty coffee pioneers in his community. Today, alongside managing around 1,800 Geisha trees, he also runs a barista school in Támesis, helping new generations develop sensory skills and elevate coffee quality.

THE VARIETY

Rare, exclusive and fetching a heavy price tag, Geisha is often associated with coffees from Panama, while, in fact, the cultivation of the Geisha varietal began there as late as in the 1960s. Geisha is an original variety of coffee that was discovered in the 1930s in the mountains around the Southwestern town of Geisha, Ethiopia. Geisha trees grow tall and can be distinguished by their beautiful elongated leaves.

The quality of this coffee can be drastically improved when grown at extremely high elevation. The Geisha revolution brought about an intense search for Geisha among coffee buyers and a primal pilgrimage to Ethiopia to find the source of that flavour. The roads those buyers travelled brought them to a wood in far western Ethiopia near a small town called Geisha in the forests where coffee was born and still grows wild. Geisha 1931 comes from this place. Its name reflects the place and year it was collected by scientists who fanned out on a research expedition in Ethiopia to catalogue its coffee varieties.

THE FERMENTATION PROCESS

For this Geisha lot, Elkin Arcila applies a carefully managed honey process.
Only the ripest cherries are selected and de-pulped, leaving the mucilage intact during drying on raised beds.

This method enhances the coffee’s natural sweetness while shaping a fruit-forward profile with softer, balanced acidity and a creamy texture.

The result is a cup that expresses both clarity and roundness, with distinctive notes of yellow apple and lychee supported by a smooth, velvety mouthfeel.