Plat Coffee Roastery
Gesha Village Single-Variety Gesha Special Selection
Roaster Location: | Hong Kong, China |
Coffee Origin: | Bench-Maji Zone, southern Ethiopia |
Roast Level: | Medium-Light |
Agtron: | 58/74 |
Est. Price: | $30.00/8 ounces |
Review Date: | May 2020 |
Aroma: | 9 |
Acidity/Structure: | 9 |
Body: | 9 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Deeply rich, balanced, fruit- and floral-toned. Tea rose, pomelo, dark chocolate, pie cherry, fresh-cut oak in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with round, fruit-toned acidity; rich, satiny mouthfeel. Tea rose, pie cherry and dark chocolate saturate the resonant finish.
Notes
This coffee tied for the third-highest rating in a cupping of “desert-island coffees” submitted by roasters for Coffee Review’s May 2020 tasting report. The celebrated Geisha (also spelled Gesha) variety of Arabica first came to the coffee world’s attention growing in Panama. This particular version, however, is the outcome of successful efforts to commercialize Geisha in the region from which it originally came, western Ethiopia, from seed selected from wild trees of the Geisha variety in the nearby Gori Gesha forest. Processed by the natural method (dried in the whole fruit). Plat Coffee is a specialty roaster and café in Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.platcoffee.com.
Bottom Line
A pretty natural-processed Ethiopia Gesha produced at the highly regarded Gesha Village estate, with deep floral and fruit tones in harmonious balance.
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This review originally appeared in the May, 2020 tasting report: Desert-Island Coffees: What To Drink When You’re Stuck at Home