Finca El Alisal Natural Geisha

Roast Date: June 16th I was excited for this coffee since I saw it being processed in Ecuador. When I last visited Finca El Alisal, I walked through the beautiful Geisha trees at 2000m and I immediately wanted to cup this coffee. But it wasn’t until I saw this particular lot of natural drying in Leonidas’ darkroom that I fell in love with it. The cherries smelled like jasmin and black tea - both common tasting notes in Geisha but not often so intensely present in the coffee cherries themselves. I had to wait a few weeks until the coffee was done drying and it was then that I got a chance to cup it and confirm all my (good) suspicions. The coffee is amazing. Delicate, refreshing and floral - this coffee reminds me of everything that’s good with this world. Leonidas Jaramillo is another rockstar producer from Ecuador. Leo’s farm, El Alisal, sits at 2000m of elevation, and these conditions, along with Leo’s innovative approach, have resulted in some of Ecuador’s best coffees. Read more below.