Las Alasitas - Panama Gesha Lot 195( 150g Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Bolivia

DEPARTMENT: La Paz

PROVINCE: Caranavi

COLONIA: Bolinda

ELEVATION: 1,600-1,650m above sea level

VARIETY: Panama Gesha

PROCESSING: Coco Natural

FARM SIZE: 20 Hectares (nearly 16 of which are planted with coffee)

FARM OWNER: Los Rodríguez Family

This special 120kg microlot of 100% Panama Gesha variety comes from Las Alasitas, a small farm owned by Pedro Rodríguez. At Las Alasitas, pickers from the Villa Rosario community and the state of Beni are hired to carefully handpick the coffee during the harvest. These pickers are hired by Elda and her husband Felix (Carmela Aduviri‘s son), and trained to collect only the very ripest cherries, and multiple passes are made through the farm throughout the harvest to ensure the coffee is picked at its prime.

Cherries for this lot were delivered to Agricafe’s state of the art mill Buena Vista in the evening. After being inspected and weighed, the coffee cherry was carefully sorted by weight using water, and floaters were removed. Following this, the coffee was placed on a conveyor belt and disinfected, in a similar process used for wine grapes. It was then carefully washed and laid out to dry on patio for 48-72 hours, before being placed in one of Buena Vista’s ‘stationary box’ (or coco) dryers for up to an additional 55 hours, until it reached 11.5% humidity. Once the coffee was dry, it was transported to La Paz where it was rested before being milled at Agricafe’s dry mill, La Luna.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

 **NOTE FOR DELIVERY** An order placing BEFORE 2 PM will arrange on next day delivery. An order AFTER 2 PM will deliver on the next following days.