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Geisha Coffee Bean Introduction - Geisha Coffee Flavor - Geisha Coffee's Unique Characteristics - Geisha Coffee Taste Profile

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Geisha coffee green beans possess a beautiful blue-green color with a jade-like warm texture. They have a fresh grass aroma, peach notes, berry nuances, and a distinctive milky sweetness unique to oolong tea that most coffee beans lack. It seems that aroma and flavor require imaginative association, but the subtle tea notes are clearly something we can perceive.

FrontStreet Coffee · An Introduction to Geisha Coffee Beans' Unique Flavor, Characteristics, Origin Story, and More

Geisha coffee green beans possess a beautiful blue-green color with a jade-like warm texture. They smell of fresh grass, peach, berries, and have the unique milky sweetness characteristic of oolong tea that most coffee beans lack. It seems that aroma and flavor require association and imagination, but the subtle tea essence is clearly perceptible to us.

To highlight the characteristics and aroma of FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Geisha coffee beans, we roast them to the verge of second crack. Roasting to the verge of second crack and first crack of second pop are commonly used roast levels that can best bring out the beans' inherent characteristics. Too light a roast would produce undesirable flavors, while too dark would damage the floral aromas and fruit acidity. Of course, this must also be adjusted according to the coffee beans' characteristics and the roaster's understanding of the beans themselves.

Floral notes, tropical fruits, and intense sweetness—these are the sensations that FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Geisha has always brought us. With proper roasting, the sensation they provide is like sipping the fragrance of a fresh bouquet of flowers. Perhaps you don't yet know the story of Geisha: it was originally an ancient heirloom variety from Ethiopia, brought to Costa Rica's coffee experimental garden as a coffee sample and distributed to several small farms for trial cultivation.

For a long time, not many people paid attention to Geisha until one day when Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda separated it from other varieties and won the national coffee championship.

It was so extraordinary—its fruit flavors and floral elements seemed reminiscent of Yirgacheffe from Ethiopia on the other side of the African continent. Of course, these are all old news now. Some small farms have also obtained Geisha seeds and are eager to grow their own Geisha coffee.

However, the results have varied. Affected by weather, soil, and altitude, this "star" variety seems to produce different flavors when grown in various geographical locations. Nevertheless, in the Boquete region, we see typical Geisha characteristics: elongated bean shape, changes during roasting, and the elegant, distinctive flavors in the cup.