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How Good Are Colombian Geisha Coffee Beans? Are They Delicious? How Much Do Colombian Coffee Beans Cost?

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Geisha is pronounced the same as the Japanese word "geisha," hence it is also sometimes called geisha coffee. Because the plant variety is generally taller than ordinary coffee trees, it was originally planted in a small area within the estate and used as a windbreak. The estate owner's son, in order to participate in the annual competition...

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Geisha

Geisha is pronounced the same as the Japanese word for geisha, hence it is also known as Geisha coffee. Because the tree variety is taller than typical coffee trees, it was originally planted in a small area within the estate and used as a windbreak. The estate owner's son, in order to participate in the annual Panama Best Coffee competition, searched through all coffee tree varieties in the estate for testing, giving Geisha the opportunity to make its debut. Subsequently, it also participated in various world coffee competitions, winning a total of eleven championships.

The Geisha variety was discovered in the Geisha forest of Ethiopia in 1931 and then sent to the Coffee Research Institute in Kenya. In 1936, it was introduced to Uganda and Tanzania, and in 1953, Costa Rica introduced it. For a long time, not many people paid attention to Geisha until one day, Don Pachi initially brought it from the small town of GESHA in southwestern Ethiopia to Costa Rica. Afterward, Geisha entered Panama along the southern route. Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda separated it from other varieties and won the National Coffee Competition championship.

Geisha has a full sweet flavor, an extremely clean taste, and rich aromas that range from berries and citrus to mango, papaya, and peach. A very distinct bergamot-like aftertaste is also its typical cupping attribute. To date, Geisha has always been the champion among coffee varieties.

La Esperanza Estate

La Esperanza Estate owns a total of four estates (Esperanza, Las Margaritas, Cerro Azul, and Potosi). Its estates have won Best of Panama champion (2008) and runner-up (2009)*. In 2012, it achieved an incredible feat by securing the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th places in the SCAA Coffee of the Year top ten with three different products. In the GFA (Good Food Award), La Esperanza Estate also became the only award-winning estate outside Ethiopia, Kenya, and Panama regions.

La Esperanza Estate is somewhat different from other estates, having a PhD plant pathologist, three professional cuppers, 100 full-time employees, and currently managing six subordinate estates. The estate is owned by the Herrera brothers. In fact, the Herrera brothers' grandfather operated a coffee farm in the Trujillo region of Colombia, which gradually declined. The two brothers left Colombia but never gave up their dream of returning to their hometown to run a coffee estate.

La Esperanza Estate's experimentation and innovation with varieties seem endless, continuously testing different new varieties. Besides the original organic Caturra that occupied most of the area in La Esperanza Estate, from Geisha, organic Geisha, Mocha, Bourbon (including red, yellow, Tekisik different Bourbons), Laurina, Pacamara, San Bernardo, and Pache, they truly bring the attitude that wineries have toward grape varieties into coffee. After Geisha, the Pacamara, Bourbon, and even Laurina produced by La Esperanza Estate continue to create amazement and admiration in the specialty coffee world.

Colombia La Esperanza Geisha Natural

  • Country: Colombia
  • Grade: AA TOP
  • Region: Cauca Valley
  • Altitude: 1800 meters
  • Processing Method: Natural
  • Variety: Geisha
  • Estate: La Esperanza Estate
  • Flavor: Berries, honey, vanilla, sweet fruit juice aroma

Colombian Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted Colombian coffee beans offer full guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they are extremely cost-effective. A 227-gram box costs only 95 yuan. Calculating at 15 grams per cup, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only about 6 yuan. Compared to cafés that sell coffee for dozens of yuan per cup, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

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