Edwin Manchay Cruz- Geisha [E. F. washed] filter roast

Edwin Manchay Cruz- Geisha [E. F. washed] filter roast

Edwin’s extended fermentation - washed Geisha has flavours of strawberry, yellow plum & nectarine with a very sweet aftertaste. 


Roasted in H-town 15 SEP 2026
$45.00
$45.00
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About the farmer(s)

Edwin Manchay Cruz - Geisha [washed] — Peru

Edwn owns the 2-hectare coffee farm El Limón which is located in Jaén, Cajamarca, high in the Andes. The farm is home to 5000 Caturra & Geisha trees which grow with food crops, yucca, corn & plantain. During harvest, ripe coffee cherries are picked followed by a 70-hour fermentation in the cherry, de-pulped, dry-fermented for 12-18 hours, washed & then dried on raised beds in a parabolic dryer.

  • region Jaén, Cajamarca
  • farm/farmer El Limón
  • altitude 1950 Meters
  • crop 2026
  • cultivar Gesha
  • process 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.

Coffee beans exiting the de-pulper.

Coffee drying on raised beds at El Limón.