Brayan Smith - Geisha [anaerobic washed] filter roast

Brayan Smith - Geisha [anaerobic washed] filter roast

Brayan’s Geisha is very complex & sweet, with flavours of Granny Smith apple, purple grape, lychee & Earl Grey tea  

Roasted in H-town 05 NOV 2026
      $32.00
      $32.00
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      About the farmer(s)

      Brayan Smith - Geisha [anaerobic washed] — Colombia

      Brayan is a third-generation coffee farmer. He has worked on the family farm since he was a kid, learning from harvest to harvest. Brayan is serious about quality, planting Pink Bourbon, Sidra, Aji & this Geisha cultivar. He also leads a coffee association ASOSATUS, helping other farmers in the community, sharing tools & the knowledge to produce better coffee. This coffee was processed using the anaerobic washed method. Brayan & his team harvested ripe cherries, these were then hand-sorted & floated to remove foreign objects & defects, they were then fermented under-water for 30 hours, de-pulped & spread out to dry on raised beds.

      • region Pitalito, Huila
      • farm/farmer Las Brisas
      • altitude 1800-1850 meters
      • crop 2026
      • cultivar Geisha
      • process Anaerobic Washed

      In 1931, a British ambassador picked a selection of coffee berries in Southwest Ethiopia near a village called Gesha. In 1932 seeds from these plants were sent to Kenya. In 1936 seedlings were sent to Uganda & Tanzania. In the mid 50's seeds were sent from Tanzania to Costa Rica, where trials began. In 1963 Don Pachi Serracin brought some Geisha seeds to Panama, but attempts to grow Geisha were axed due to poor flavour, [most likely caused by the plants growing at too low an altitude]. Geisha, was then forgotten about until 2002 when Daniel Peterson from Hacienda Esmeralda decided to cup coffee from different parts of his farm & came across this extraordinary coffee we know as Geisha.

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