This is another special lot from the Santa Teresa region just outside of Cusco. This year marked our first real exploration of this area, and it opened our eyes to how special and diverse coffees from Peru can be. In the cup we find white florals, tea, and ripe stone fruit.
Gesha
Santa Teresa, La Convención, Cusco
2,000 masl
December 2025
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and de-pulped on the day of harvest. Dry-fermented for 32 hours. Dried on raised beds.
ABOUT ROLANDO RAMIREZ
This year marked the beginning of our exploration of the Santa Teresa region near Cusco in southern Peru. Prior to this season, nearly all of our buying had been focused on the Inkawasi Valley. With the help of several exceptionally talented and motivated partners, we have been able to go deeper here—and what we are finding continues to reshape our perspective on coffee.
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 (USD; GREEN)
~$31.66/KG
FOB
$38.53/KG
DDP
$41.23/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.