Guatemala - Suchitan - Coffea Diversa - Geisha africano - Washed

Originating from the botanical garden of Coffea Diversa, this lot highlights the Geisha Africano variety, an ancient and rare coffee originating from Ethiopia’s wild coffee populations.

Coffea Diversa is a pioneering project founded in the early 2000s by José Padilla and Gonzalo Hernández, driven by a radically different vision of traditional coffee farming. Designed as a coffee botanical garden, the project focuses on preserving, observing, and showcasing coffee’s genetic diversity through the cultivation of hundreds of rare botanical varieties. Today, Coffea Diversa hosts the world’s largest private collection of coffee botanical varieties, with more than 800 specimens, only a portion of which are currently produced as micro-lots.

The Geisha variety is an ancient and very rare coffee originating from south-western Ethiopia, near the town of Gesha, from which it takes its name. Derived from wild Ethiopian coffee populations, it is characterized by a tall growth habit, thin and elongated leaves, and wide spacing between branches along the main stem. Young leaf tips may appear green or slightly reddish, while the beans are elongated. The Geisha variety is also known for its naturally low yields, contributing to its rarity in production.

This approach allows for a faithful and precise expression of the Geisha Africano variety, highlighting clean, elegant, and finely structured profiles closely linked to its genetic heritage and wild origin.

José Padilla and Gonzalo Hernández launched the Coffea Diversa venture in the early 2000s with a radically different vision from traditional coffee cultivation. Rather than a mono-varietal farm, they envisioned a true coffee botanical garden, dedicated to the preservation, experimentation, and showcasing of coffee's genetic diversity.

Today, Coffea Diversa holds the world's largest private collection of coffee botanical varieties, with over 800 cataloged specimens, a large portion of which are still in the observation or selection phase. This unique collection constitutes a true living conservatory, conceived as a source of sensory innovation for specialty coffee.

Among this exceptional diversity, approximately 25 rare and exotic botanical varieties are currently produced as micro-lots, allowing for the exploration of unprecedented aromatic profiles, directly derived from the coffee's genetics.

Coffea Diversa coffees are cultivated on two main farms, located in Guatemala and Costa Rica. The Costa Rica farm, situated in the south of the country in Biolley, as well as in the Central Valley and Tres Ríos, is located between 1,250 and 1,700 meters above sea level. The coffees there are cultivated under shade and processed with a wide diversity of fermentation and processing methods.

More than a Producer, Coffea Diversa now stands as a key player in research and taste exploration, where each coffee is the result of patient work on genetics, Terroir, and processing. As they like to say: Coffea Diversa is not a coffee farm, but a coffee garden.