Wilford Lamastus Snr. & Jnr. - Geisha lot 16 [ASD natural] filter roast
Wilford Lamastus Snr. & Jnr. - Geisha lot 16 [ASD natural] filter roast

Wilford Lamastus Snr. & Jnr. - Geisha lot 16 [ASD natural] filter roast

This anaerobic slow dry natural Geisha from Wilford & Wilford is syrupy with flavours of strawberry, orange blossom, blackberry & bergamot.

Roasted in H-town 12 MAY 2026
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      About the farmer(s)

      Wilford Lamastus Snr. & Jnr. - Geisha lot 16 [anaerobic natural] — Panama

      The Lamastus family have been farming in Panama since 1918 when Robert Lamastus founded the farm, now headed by grandson Wilford Lamastus Snr. & great-grandson Wilford Lamastus Jnr. This lot was grown at the El Burro Estate, one of the southern most coffee farms in Panama. The volanic soil is rich in nutrients, nights are cold & the days are cloudy, ideal for growing coffee. Part of the farm sits in Parque Nacional Volcán Barú. This lot was processed using an anaerobic slow dry natural process, ripe cherries were hand-picked, sorted to remove defects, placed inside sealed containers for 3 days & then dried on raised beds.

      • region Boquete
      • farm/farmer El Burro
      • altitude 1600-1700 meters
      • crop 2025
      • cultivar Geisha
      • process Natural

      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.

      Wilford Lamastus snr. at El Burro Estate.

      Hand-picking coffee at El Burro.

      Sorting coffee cherries at the wet-mill.

      Natural process coffee cherries drying on raised beds.