PLUMA HIDALGO [Geisha] filter roast

Roasted on 30 APR 2024

      About the farmer(s)

      PLUMA HIDALGO Geisha — Mexico

      This coffee was developed by The Lucy Foundation. Established in 2016, they work with small-holder farmers, high in the mountains of Oaxaca in this remote coffee farming village of Pluma Hidalgo. 

      Read more about The Lucy Foundation here.

      • region Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca
      • farm/farmer Small-holder
      • altitude 1200m
      • crop 2023
      • cultivar Geisha
      • process Washed

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