Gesha - Washed - Altieri Coffee, Lot Alessa

Description

Tastes Like: White Orchid, Navel Orange, Lychee

Origin: Lot Alessa, Mima Estate, Alto Quiel, Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama

Variety: Gesha (Green Tip)

Producer: Altieri Family

Elevation: 1,850 masl

Process: Washed

Farm and Producer

Altieri Specialty Coffee is a family-run project founded by Eugene Altieri, an Italian-American from New York who began with two farms in Boquete. His children later joined the business, helping develop its specialty-coffee production. The family's plots are named for Eugene's grandchildren.

Alessa is an approximately one-hectare plot at Mima Estate in Alto Quiel, on the foothills of Volcán Barú. At 1,850 meters, its Gesha grows in volcanic soil beside the national park's protected forest. Guabo trees, bamboo, cenizas, and cedars provide approximately 70% shade.

Variety

Gesha, also spelled Geisha, is an Arabica variety with Ethiopian origins, valued in Panama for its floral aromatics and high cup-quality potential at elevation. Alessa is planted with green-tip Gesha; the name refers to the color of its new leaves.

Processing

Harvested on February 25, 2026, this lot was sorted by flotation at Altieri's Alto Lino facility, then mechanically depulped and washed with pressurized water. The coffee dried in the sun on raised beds inside a greenhouse for approximately seven days before moving to the resting warehouse.

Text from Hydrangea Coffee Roasters' listing.