The cherries for this special collaboration were harvested from Crispilliano’s extremely high-elevation Gesha garden and transported in refrigerated trucks to the Lost Origin lab in Panama City for highly controlled and intentional processing. In the cup we find Jolly Rancher, jasmine, candied orange, and green apple.
Gesha
Trompo, Boquete
2,000 masl
February 4, 2025
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Cherries were transported in a refrigerated truck to Panama City to the Lost Origin Lab and de-pulped immediately upon arrival. Fermented for 5.5 days at an average temperature of 14°C (57°F) in custom-built stainless steel tanks using yeast strains LOY-007P and LOB-001P, propagated by Lost Origin using cascara as a growth medium. Dried over 16 days in temperature- and humidity-regulated drying rooms.
ABOUT CRISPILLIANO CONTRERAS
Crispilliano is something of a legend in Panama’s coffee-growing community, having managed renowned farms like Elida Estate, Finca Deborah, and Altieri. This lot comes from his own farm, located inside the Barú Volcano National Park at 2,000 masl—exceptionally high elevation for Panama.
ABOUT LOST ORIGIN
Lost Origin is an exciting new enterprise in its second year of operation. It is essentially a coffee 'makers' project whose members buy cherry from producers and do their processing in a lab. This is, to our knowledge, the most advanced and sophisticated project of its kind, and we are humbled and honored to have the opportunity to work with their inaugural lot. Though we pride ourselves on sourcing immaculate washed coffees that are pure representations of 'terroir,' we also believe there is still much to be learned in this pursuit. We're beyond excited to see where this project leads us.
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
FARM GATE
$199.92/KG
DDP
$206.17/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.