Alejandro Renjifo REINA DE SABA GESHA - WASHED Colombia
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Alejandro Renjifo REINA DE SABA GESHA - WASHED Colombia

It is again an honor to be working with this Gesha lot from our friend and renowned exporter-turned-producer Alejandro Renjifo. This coffee is an affirming reminder of why we love what we do. In the cup we find intoxicating florals of jasmine and honeysuckle, fresh peach, ripe strawberry and citrus oil.

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VARIETAL

Gesha

REGION

Santa Monica, San Agustín

ALTITUDE

1,800 masl

HARVEST

Main; January, 2021

PROCESSING

Hand picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and depulped on the day of harvest. Dry fermented for 35 hours. Dried on raised beds for 30 days.

ABOUT ALEJANDRO RENJIFO

It is a true honor to have the opportunity to work with this selection from the exporter, producer, and all-around legend Alejandro Renjifo of Fairfield Trading. Alejandro has been one of the most influential contributors to the development of Colombian specialty coffee, and works intimately with some of the best and most well-known producers in Colombia. A few years ago, Alejandro started his own farming project atop San Agustín, in southern Huila. This is the second year his farm has produced an exportable amount of coffee, and the potential of this project is extraordinary. 

ABOUT GESHA

Gesha was originally collected from coffee forests of Ethiopia in the 1930's. From there, it was sent to the Lyamungo Research Station in Tanzania, and then brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Central America in the 1953, where it was logged as accession T2722. It was distributed throughout Panama via CATIE in the 1960’s after its tolerance to coffee leaf rust was recognized. However, it was not widely planted because the plant's branches were brittle and not favored by farmers. Gesha came to prominence in 2005, when the Peterson family of Boquete, Panama, entered it into the Best of Panama competition and auction. It received exceptionally high marks and broke the then-record for green coffee auction prices, selling for over $20 per pound. Since then, the variety has become a resounding favorite of brewing and roasting competition winners and coffee enthusiasts alike.

Pricing Details

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Farm Gate (Local)

11MM COP/CARGA

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Farm Gate (USD)

~$34.37/KG

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FOB

$44.00/KG

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FOT

$48.40/KG

The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.