Las Margaritas

Description

Tastes Like: Donut Peach, Golden Kiwi, Lemon Blossom

Origin: Finca Las Margaritas, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Variety: Gesha

Producer: Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera

Elevation: 1570-1850 masl

Process: Hybrid Washed

About Finca Las Margaritas, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Finca Las Margaritas is part of Café Granja La Esperanza, the Colombian specialty coffee project led by Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. Located in Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Las Margaritas sits between 1,570 and 1,850 meters above sea level and is divided into multiple farm lots, giving CGLE a structured environment for matching variety, altitude, and processing style.

The Herrera family’s coffee history began at Potosí, where Juan Antonio Herrera expanded the farm’s Typica plantings with Yellow Bourbon, Red Bourbon, and Caturra in 1945. Rigoberto and Luis later developed the project toward high-end specialty production, with particular attention to rare varieties and controlled post-harvest methods. Las Margaritas is one of the key farms within that program, and this Gesha reflects CGLE’s focus on variety-driven clarity and precise processing.

Variety

Gesha is a tall Arabica variety widely associated with high quality potential at elevation. In specialty coffee, well-grown Gesha lots are often valued for floral aromatics, citrus clarity, tea-like structure, and layered sweetness, though the final cup is always shaped by farm conditions, picking, processing, and roasting.

In this lot, the lemon blossom note and bright peach-kiwi fruit expression fit the more aromatic side of Gesha without relying on heavy fermentation character. Cultivation, harvest selection, processing and roasting all contribute to the finished expression.

Processing

CGLE’s Hybrid Washed process combines elements of whole-cherry fermentation with a washed-style finish. In this style, ripe cherries are first selected and fermented whole before depulping; the coffee then undergoes a second fermentation in parchment with mucilage before being washed and dried under controlled conditions.

Compared with a straightforward washed process, this approach can add fruit depth, sweetness, and texture while preserving the clarity and structure expected from washed coffee. This listing pairs that processing style with Gesha grown at Las Margaritas.

Text from Hydrangea Coffee Roasters' listing.