Colombia — Valle del Cauca, Las Margaritas Weight: 200g, 100g Cultivar: Gesha Producer: Café Granja La Esperanza | CGLE Farm: Las Margaritas Origin: Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Elevation: 1,648–1,852 m.a.s.l. Process: Washed Category: Singular Series Tasting Notes: Jasmine • Blackberry • Stone Fruit Why This Coffee Matters The Las Margaritas Washed Gesha demonstrates the beauty of precision. Through a disciplined washed process, Café Granja La Esperanza allows the cultivar's natural elegance to take center stage, producing a cup defined by clarity, sweetness, and remarkable balance. Unlike the estate's natural Geshas, this coffee emphasizes transparency over intensity. Floral aromatics, vibrant blackberry, and ripe stone fruit unfold over a creamy body, creating a refined expression that is both expressive and effortlessly composed. For Ogni, this coffee represents the value of thoughtful restraint—where meticulous processing enhances, rather than transforms, the character of an exceptional Gesha. Producer Background Café Granja La Esperanza has helped shape Colombia's reputation for exceptional specialty coffee through decades of cultivar selection, agronomic research, and meticulous post-harvest processing. Las Margaritas has become one of the estate's most recognized farms, dedicated to cultivating rare varieties including Gesha, Sudán Rumé, Sidra, Laurina, and Mandela. As part of the Singular Series, this lot reflects CGLE's commitment to showcasing outstanding coffees that faithfully express cultivar, farm, and harvest. About the Cultivar Originally collected from the Gesha forests of Ethiopia, Gesha is celebrated for its remarkable aromatic complexity, refined acidity, and elegant structure. At Las Margaritas, the washed process highlights a more transparent expression of the cultivar, allowing floral aromatics, ripe fruit, and vibrant acidity to remain beautifully defined. The result is a cup with exceptional clarity, silky texture, and enduring balance. About the Process Washed Only fully ripe cherries are harvested before flotation removes lower-density fruit. The cherries undergo approximately 18 hours of fermentation in open tanks, followed by depulping and a further 24 hours of aerobic fermentation. After fermentation, the remaining mucilage is thoroughly washed away before drying. Drying takes place in mechanically controlled silos for 3–5 days at approximately 38°C, after which the coffee rests in climate-controlled storage maintained between 18–19°C to stabilize moisture and preserve cup quality. This carefully managed washed process produces exceptional clarity while maintaining sweetness, vibrant acidity, and a creamy mouthfeel. Terroir Las Margaritas is located in Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, where elevation and climate provide ideal conditions for cultivating exceptional Gesha. For this lot, CGLE documents: Elevation: 1,648–1,852 m.a.s.l. Annual rainfall: Approximately 2,267 mm Temperature: 15–31°C Relative humidity: 80–86% Cultivated area: 9.58 hectares These growing conditions encourage gradual cherry maturation, supporting excellent sugar development, refined acidity, and remarkable aromatic definition. In the Cup Fragrant jasmine introduces the cup before ripe blackberry and stone fruit provide depth and sweetness. Notes of brown sugar and vanilla round out the profile, while bright citrus acidity brings freshness and lift. A creamy body carries the coffee into a long, elegant finish that remains clean and balanced. Brewing Recommendations Excellent for: ★★★★★ V60 ★★★★★ Origami ★★★★★ Orea ★★★★★ April Brewer ★★★★★ Kalita Wave ★★★★★ AeroPress ★★★★☆ Modern Espresso This coffee is especially rewarding as a filter brew, where its floral aromatics, fruit clarity, and creamy texture are most expressive. As a light espresso, it delivers remarkable sweetness with refined citrus acidity and a smooth, elegant finish. Suggested Starting Parameters Ratio: 1:15–1:17 Water Temperature: 91–93°C Grind: Medium-f