Colombia Granja La Esperanza Geisha Natural

Arrived June 2025 by air, a Direct Trade new crop coffee from one of the most notable producers in Colombia. This is the second coffee we are offering from Granja La Esperanza and it represents an excellent bargain for Geisha coffee lovers.

Geisha:

While Geisha coffee growing at the top level of quality is associated with Panama's highlands, the variety is now being grown in many other coffee producing origins. As noted below, the Geisha grown on Granja La Esperanza, originated from Panama and from success that this Colombia producer had there and then brought back home. 

Granja La Esperanza, Las Margaritas:

The farm began the modern part of its journey in 1945 when the current owner's father, Juan Antonio acquired the farm and began planting some varieties that were then outside the ordinary. Juan and his wife Blanca had 14 children, most of whom later in life came to work for the family business.  Of them, two in particular showed a keen interest in coffee farming, including the current patriarch Rigoberto Herrera. The organization known as Granja La Esperanza owned one farm in Potosi Colombia. Over the years they acquired another farm in the Trujillo region where they could expand production. In 2007 Rigoberto went afar to lease and manage a coffee farm in Boquete Panama called “La Carleida”, and a year later received first place in the “Best coffee of Panama”, organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama. Following this success he brought Geisha variety seeds back to Colombia, starting a new era in at Granja La Esperanza. Today, Granja La Esperanza owns four properties in different parts of Colombia, the gem being Las Margaritas in Valle del Cauca. There they plant and raise exotic varieties of coffee and process in a variety of methods. The varieties include this fantastic Geisha, Sudan Rume (the previous Serious Select offering), Sidra, Laurina as well as others. Coffee from this farm has been chosen by baristas to represent them in worldwide competitions. There is a huge list of 1st place awards by national and international barista champions using high scoring, exotic coffees from Granja La Esperanza.

• Country: Colombia
• Department: Valle del Cauca
• Municipality: Caicedonia
• Producer: Rigoberto Herrera
• Farm: Granja La Esperanza
• Specific property: Las Margaritas
• Varietal: Geisha
• Elevation: 1570 - 1850 meters
• Processing: Natural, sun dried

A hillside planted with coffee as the Las Margaritas property of Granja La Esperanza