Don Eli Geisha

About This Coffee

This is a stunning natural processed Geisha varietal from our friends at the Don Eli micro-mill in San Marcos, Tarrazu. We've been working with Carlos and J. This stunning washed coffee comes from the El Miramar farm owned by the Montero family. Carlos Montero has been producing fantastic coffees from his own farms for many years and was one of the pioneers of the small independent micro mill. Carlos bought his first farm after saving up working in restaurants in the USA. He first worked as a member of a local co-operative selling coffee cherry to be processed as part of a regional blend. Ten years ago he set up his own mill that now produces fantastic natural, honey, and washed coffees under the family name. Carlos has three children, Marianela, Jacob and Maria Jose. Marianela is the co-founder of Selva coffee and Jacob is in charge of post-harvest processing. Coffee was hand-harvested from trees at high altitudes on the farm located at 1900-2000masl. This is one of the highest farms in Costa Rica and benefits from fantastic soil and a stable climate. After harvesting the coffee was transported in the evening to the Don Eli micro mill and left to rest overnight for processing the following day. Jacob Monterro takes care of all processing at the mill and this Geisha was selected to be processed as a natural with drying on raised tables. The coffee was very carefully sorted by the pickers to ensure only perfectly ripe cherry made it through to the drying process.