Colombia Santander La Pradera Anaerobic Honey Geisha

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Colombian La Pradera Anaerobic Honey Geisha

Country of Origin: Colombia

Region: Santander

Estate: La Pradera

Variety: Geisha

Altitude: 1900M

Processing Method: Anaerobic Honey Processing

La Pradera Estate is dedicated to specialty coffee, achieving product non-toxicity and quality through organic certification. Fifty years ago, the farm plots were fertile land in the CHICAMOCHA canyon of the SANTANDER region. Today they have become a 100-hectare forest that shades more than ten coffee varieties grown organically. The estate's mission is to identify emerging market trends and meet customer needs, while committing to research and development of equipment for better coffee bean processing. The farm now has a dedicated coffee laboratory, which helps it find ways to cultivate and improve coffee quality.

Flavor Profile: Floral, peach, cherry, preserved fruit

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Colombian Geisha like La Pradera shows off best next to the benchmark Panamanian lots. FrontStreet's Esmeralda Red Label — officially Esmeralda Special — grows at 1,600-1,800 m, cups above 90 points, and is sold as single-block lots, so you can choose a lot by the finer flavor differences you prefer.

FrontStreet's Esmeralda Green Label, originally Private Collection, blends lots from several blocks instead of stressing detailed block information. It still delivers Esmeralda's signature high-altitude Geisha character at a much friendlier price, which makes it excellent value.

For espresso, Geisha makes a distinctive SOE. FrontStreet suggests a medium roast such as the Grana Estate Gesha from Ethiopia: pull 20 g of coffee at a 1:2 ratio for about 25 seconds to get 40 g of espresso. Built into an Americano with 200 g of hot water at 1:5, it shows orange, nut, and blueberry; with 200 g of milk it becomes a silky Geisha latte with a cream-cookie texture.