Maria Antonella Amoruso - Geisha lot 6 [honey] filter roast

Maria Antonella Amoruso - Geisha lot 6 [honey] filter roast

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Maria’s honey processed Geisha is delicious, very sweet with flavours of lemongrass, ginger, mango & mandarin.

Roasting in H-town 26 MAY 2026
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      About the farmer(s)

      Maria Antonella Amoruso - Geisha lot 6 [honey] — Panama

      Lerida Coffee Estate has been owned by three different families in just over a century. Founded in 1924 by Norwegian engineer Toleff Bache Mönniche and his wife, Julia, the estate was purhased by an American couple Alfredo and Inga Collins in the 1950s. Their sons, Hans and Charlie, ran the farm until 2008, when Maria Antonella Amorusi took over.

      This lot was processed using the honey method. After harvest the cherries arrive at the mill, where they are floated to remove defects, de-pulped and placed in a fermentation tank for 40 hours. The are then placed on raised beds in a cold room to dry slowly over a period of 30 days.

      • region Boquete
      • farm/farmer Lerida Estate
      • altitude 1750 meters
      • crop 2025
      • cultivar Geisha
      • process Honey

      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.

      Workers at Finca Lerida.

      Coffee drying on raised beds.

      Ripe coffee cherries.

      Lerida Estate wet-mill