Honduras Finca San Jose Gesha Natural
Producer: Jose Arnold Paz Mejia
Farm: Finca San Jose
Process: Natural
Variety: Gesha
Region: Santa Bárbara
Elevation: 1450-1550 MASL
Gesha is a varietal of coffee arabica renowned for pleasant sweetness and prominent floral notes as well as its rarity. Intensive farming practices are required to grow and harvest the Gesha varietal, which originated in Ethiopia and travelled to Central America in the 1960’s. A delicious coffee and resistance to leaf rust are the tradeoff for the low yield of the plant.
These delicate coffees are best brewed with a filter method (drip machine, pourover).
Flavor notes: cherry cola, honey, black tea
The Paz-Mejía family has been growing coffee at Finca San Jose in the Santa Bárbara region of Honduras for over 140 years and consider these lands to be a sacred representation of their heritage. Arnold represents the fourth generation of producers and has continued to build his father’s legacy of producing high-quality coffee through his knowledge and background in applied agronomy. Thanks to Arnold, and his family before him, Finca San José has become an exemplary model of sustainability, support and genetic diversity.
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