Colombia Gesha Specialty Coffee Beans

Ángel Ortega farms at Finca Miramar in the hills above San Agustín, Huila, where the mornings come in misty and the soil is volcanic. He is a second-generation grower, and this washed lot of Pink Bourbon and Gesha is what he has been working toward: selective picking, careful fermentation, nothing rushed. The cup leads with tropical fruit and honeyed sweetness, mango and papaya mostly, with jasmine and sugarcane underneath and a delicate vanilla floral note through the middle. The mouthfeel is dense and syrupy and the finish holds. It is clean enough for pour-over and filter and sweet enough to work as a light espresso. Huila produces some of Colombia's most distinctive coffees, and this lot is a clear example of why.