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Gesha Village Coffee Estate

In recent years, people have started paying renewed attention to the production of Gesha in indigenous regions of Ethiopia. When speaking of the green bean brand that has gained sudden fame in recent years, Gesha Village, we must first start with their founders, the Overton couple. In 2007, documentary director Adam Overton and his photographer wife Rachel Samuel, while filming a documentary about Ethiopian coffee for the Ethiopian government, came into contact with the Gera coffee forest in the Bench-Maji region. During this process, they not only rediscovered this great land of Ethiopia but also conceived the idea of establishing their own coffee estate and brand.

In 2009, they had the fortunate opportunity to meet the renowned mule estate owner and BOP judge Willem Boot. Willem Boot's ideas also provided an opportunity for the Overton couple: return to Ethiopia and find the birthplace of Gesha.

Finally, they arrived in Bench-Maji, the region in southwestern Ethiopia near South Sudan, where many places are called Gesha Village and which is the most likely area to find the original Gesha. When they went there in 2011, there was nothing on the estate.

Adam followed Willem Boot on "expeditions" in the forests surrounding the estate, where in a jungle magically enveloped by dense forest, they discovered multiple wild tree species. The most exciting discovery for them was wild Gesha. Later they learned that this was the Gori Gesha forest, the place where the Gesha variety was first discovered. So they collected seeds from the original Gesha trees, screened them, and then planted them in Gesha Village. They decided to establish the estate here and named it Gesha Village Coffee Estate, a 475-hectare coffee farm located about 12 miles from the Gori Gesha forest.

Gesha Village covers a total area of 475 hectares. Starting from 2011, they gradually expanded the planting area. As of 2017, the planting area reached approximately 320 hectares.

Later, Willem Boot came to Gesha Village as their technical advisor. They discovered samples in a pristine forest near the estate, known locally as Gori Gesha, that were very similar to the original Gesha variety being cultivated at the mule estate.

Both the Overton couple and Willem Boot believed they had found the origin of Gesha, and subsequent breeding and cultivation work gradually confirmed this hypothesis.

At the 2017 Japan Barista Championship, Takayuki Ishitani used beans from Gesha Village to win the championship, not to mention the excellent performance of Gesha Village's green beans on major auction cupping tables.

2017 Gesha Village Coffee Estate Independent Auction Data Overview

(The following information source: Grand Cru)

The first global public auction of Gesha Village Coffee Estate began at 9:00 AM on May 31, 2017 (BST time), with nearly 3 hours of intense bidding. Buyers from multiple countries and regions including Hong Kong, Japan, and Greece participated in the auction, successfully winning 21 auction lots.

-Average bid price for Gesha Village auction lots

Gesha Village owners Adam Overton and Rachel Samuel participated in an expedition to collect seedlings from the forest; they are now cultivating several Gesha versions from this expedition to achieve the goal of highest quality. Rachel said: "Gesha is renowned in the industry for its high quality, but Ethiopia has not become an important part of its story, even though Gesha originally comes from here. We are excited to help develop a professional coffee market in the Gesha region so that this amazing coffee is finally available in its birthplace."

Region | Bench-Maji

Altitude | 1900-2100m

Variety | Gesha Gori (Original Gesha)

Processing | Natural

-Gesha Village workers selecting coffee cherries

Three Major Quality Control Steps: Creating Super Premium Coffee

(The following information source: Grand Cru)

Quality Control Step 1: Variety Selection

To fulfill their mission of growing the world's best coffee, Gesha Village strictly controls the variety selection process. They sent coffee seeds collected from the Gori Gesha forest, located 20 kilometers away from Gesha Village Estate, to professional institutions for genetic testing to confirm this area as the original collection site of the Panama Gesha variety. Subsequently, through studying coffee tree morphology, bean appearance and size, and cupping results, they selected the Gesha varieties most similar to today's Panama Gesha and began seedling cultivation. The coffee varieties currently cultivated at Gesha Village are shown below:

-Current coffee varieties at Gesha Village

Due to the large estate area, the owners divided Gesha Village into 8 major zones for better management and product differentiation, then further numbered each batch internally to facilitate batch distinction. It's worth noting that while some Gesha estates may not have significant differences between batches due to their small scale, for a large estate like Gesha Village, the differences between various plots are equivalent to the differences between estates in Panama, which must be taken seriously.

How to Identify Gesha Village Gesha Coffee Beans - Analysis of Gesha Village Gesha Green Beans

The green beans are smaller than those from Panama. Washed Gesha coffee green beans have a beautiful blue-green color, while natural Gesha coffee green beans have a beautiful green with slight yellow tones, possessing a jade-like warm texture. They smell of fresh grass, peach, berries, and the unique milky sweetness of oolong tea that most coffee beans lack. It seems that aroma and flavor require associative thinking, but the faint tea essence is something we can clearly perceive.

Gesha Village Coffee Bean Brand Recommendation

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