Jose Julian Giraldo - Rio Dulce Gesha - Colombia

Name: Río Dulce Gesha Producer: José Julián Giraldo, Café 1959 Region: Pijao, Quindío, Colombia Farm: Finca Las Marias Process: Washed Variety: Gesha Altitude: 2,050 MASL New Crop! Notes: candied lemon, papaya, dried mango, white florals, tea-like We have been working with José for 3 years now and have loved watching his flourishing journey in getting his coffee the recognition it deserves. José left the textile sector to dedicate himself to coffee full-time in 2015 when he was 23 years old, to help his father re-establish the farm after his mother, Clara, passed away. The brand “1959” is named in honor of the year of her birth. José has come a long way on his coffee education journey and we are tasting the rewards of his dedication. After receiving feedback from his colleagues at the SCA Expo in Seattle in 2015, José returned to Colombia and began studying coffee and applied some of the conversations he had in Seattle about pH, Brix and temperature control. Along with the help of his father, a food scientist, they began working on the basics: Cleanliness, manual selection of ripe cherry, even and controlled drying (slow and shade essential to José’s process) and we are now happy to see his innovations bring us this delicate, floral, vibrant Gesha which has been 10 years worth of selection.