San Diego Buena Vista
Have you experienced floral notes from Guatemala? Look no further. The San Diego Buena Vista Geisha from Guatemala boasts a vibrant and delicate flavor profile. Expect fragrant jasmine and rose-like aromas, hallmarks of Geisha coffees, paired with bright, crisp acidity and juicy peach flavors. Subtle hints of bubble gum add an extra layer of sweetness. Renowned for its complexity, clarity, and bright, clean finish, this coffee exemplifies the meticulous processing of high-altitude Guatemalan Geishas.
San Diego Buena Vista is on the steep slopes of Volcan Acatenango between 1600 - 1700 meters and reaps the benefits of rich volcanic soil. This farm has been in the same family for a couple generations now and they've built out an impressive wet milling facility onsite as well.
If you don't know the story of the Gesha cultivar, it is an old coffee type from Ethiopia that was brought to an experimental coffee garden in Costa Rica years ago as a specimen sample. It was distributed to a few farms for testing on small plots, but not much was thought of it until one of these, Esmeralda in Panama, separated it from the other cultivars and entered it in the national competition. It was so outrageously different, with fruited and floral character like a Yirga Cheffe coffee from half a world away. Now that the word is out, other farms that received some of the seed have tried to separate their Gesha coffee as well, as is the case here. The results are always a bit different: the cultivar "expresses" itself differently in terms of cup flavors at each location, influenced by weather, soil, altitude and the like. And with this coffee from the region of Acatenango, we have a Gesha cup that expresses much of that floral intensity that's become synonymous with the "Gesha" name.
Location: Acatenango, Guatemala
Producer: Juan Bock
Altitude: 1600-1700 meters
Variety: Geisha
Arrive Date: July, 2024
Process: Washed
About the farm: San Diego Buena Vista is a farm located in the rich zone of Acatenango. The farm sits on the steep slopes of Volcan Acatenango between 1600 - 1700 meters and reaps the benefits of rich volcanic soil. This farm has been in the same family for a couple generations now and they've built out an impressive wet milling facility onsite as well. Because of the onsite milling facility, the consistency of the final product from this farm is phenomenal.
