Guatemala Anaerobic-Washed Acatenango Gesha

This tiny Anaerobic-Washed Gesha coffee is from the same family farm as our wet process "Acatenango Gesha" that we've been buying for the last 15+ years. We were curious what kind of profile a long fermentation would produce, and are happy they agreed to produce this 70 lb. experimental batch! It shares many of the same flavor markers as their wet process Gesha; bright, clean flavors, syrupy in texture, and perfumed with floral notes unique to the Gesha variety. The main difference was more pronounced fruit flavors and an amazing honey sweetness. City roasts smell incredible. The grinds are very floral and sweet, with clean notes of orange honey, tropical fruit, and graham cracker. Pouring hot water on the grinds lifted a perfumed scent of honeysuckle flowers in the steam, with red fruits and fragrant teas. The cup is phenomenal, honey-sweet from start to finish with incredibly clean fruits and a floral aroma overhead. We noted that it had a "liquid floral" aspect, evocative of potent floral essential oils, jasmine, honeysuckle, freesia, etc, and has a big impact on the flavor profile. Aromatic aspects carry over to the more fruit-forward flavors and come off like tropical fruits, purple passion fruit, granadilla, and more. It has well articulated acidity too, like Valencia juicing oranges that bring a nice structure to the complex cup flavors. Our roast was very light, and yours should be too! Weight loss was just 11%, which is the lighter end of a City roast. I recommend dropping your batch just before the end of 1st Crack, and for Behmor users, engage the cooling cycle about 1:00 after the start of 1st Crack.

*1/2 lb. per customer