Gesha Village, Surma GVA.INV.5/2022 Lot

About This Coffee

This is the second lot Gardelli Specialty Coffees brought home after a five hour-long bidding at Geisha Village auction. Rubens participated in the auction in the search of two sensory profiles, and he got two best, in his opinion, lots that fit those profiles. One of them is naturally processed Geisha, showcasing the variety’s original terroir, and another one is this lot. Its major characteristic is that it represents a perfect combination of an exquisite variety in its natural terroir and carefully tailored and applied anaerobic fermentation. The best of nature meeting exceptional craft! Gesha Village Estate is an exciting and inspiring project from Adam Overton and Rachel Samuel, realised with the help of many talented individuals. The coffee farm is located near the Gori Gesha forest in far western Ethiopia, the place considered to be the origin of the Gesha lineage that has since traveled so far. Surma area is located in the southern area of Gesha Village and features breathtaking views of the valley below. This farm block is named after the pastoralist ethnic group, the Surma, who inhabit the lowlands toward the southwest. In 2011 Adam and Rachel began developing a 500-hectare coffee farm in Gesha, Ethiopia with one vision in mind: to produce the best coffee in the world. After an exhaustive search, the estate location was chosen based on their strict criteria of altitude, ample rainfall, temperature patterns, rich virgin forest soil, old growth trees, and an existing coffee ecosystem