How the Geisha Rosa Coffee changed from an ugly duckling to a swan

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"if a geisha were a princess, who would her prince be?"

This poetic sentence comes from a young girl. As for her other identity, she is a coffee fanatic.

God in a Cup

Geisha (Geisha) refers to the "source of coffee" in the mountains of western Ethiopia, not the traditional occupation in Japan. Such association will probably add a little bit of visual sadness. In fact, the story of geisha coffee is more like an ugly duckling: a coffee tree with weak, sickly, sparse side branches, low yield and inconspicuous appearance has settled on the Panamanian manor on the other side of the Atlantic. While arranging the arable land, the owner accidentally found that this unknown variety of coffee, cultivated in the soil of Central America, gave off an amazing flavor. In that year's National Competition (Best of Panama), the geisha (Hacienda La Esmeralda) of the Jade Manor scored a record-breaking 94.6 points. The description of one of the judges later became the title of the book recording the history of boutique coffee: God in a Cup.

good writings make people copy them. Since then, coffee farmers from all over the world have rushed to introduce this was originally Arabica. Tibica (Coffea Arabica var. Typica) variants of coffee. In order to improve yield and disease resistance, some farmers even grafted and mixed geisha with other beans. I have drunk geisha, including those from Panama, Guatemala, Colombia and Costa Rica. What they have in common is the strong aroma of jasmine, a hint of citric acid, and the sweetness of white grapes, bergamot and honey.

Tonight, the coffee shop has become a beauty pageant. The protagonist is geisha coffee from different places and processed in different ways.

"it's obviously from Panama, but it tastes as bright as Africa; the tail is soft and clean like washing, but the aroma is unrestrained and like the sun. Next to it is this year's national champion of El Salvador! Why have you been beaten? If I am qualified to be a judge, this one must be presidential. " (note: presidential, that is, more than 90 points)

This is the conversation between coffee fans. A sip of coffee can remind people of different flowers, fruits and sugars. If you drink too much, you can tell the origin and the method of treatment. All the people who attended the event were experienced coffee tasters. But all of them, right? The one in the middle starts the exam.

At a time when many people were still obsessed with regional flavor, the raw bean merchant devoted itself to planting and processing. Geisha and Ethiopian native species (Heirlooms Varietal) are the main species, and the German method of drying wood (Solar Kiln) is introduced to treat coffee. The cup in the middle is the top coffee that transcends the regional law and is graded purely by fruit flavor. In terms of the price of raw beans alone, it is more than four times the auction price of the champion of nearby El Salvador.

The method of treatment is more important than pedigree?

"is the treatment more important than the pedigree of beans?" Asked a barista. "would you rather drink a cup of coffee that is poorly handled but made of precious beans, or a cup that is carefully handled but only made of commercial grade?"

Without thinking about it, I replied, "there is a bag of clean local grapes of the same size, and another bag of famous giant peaks imported from foreign countries but moldy and rotten. Which bag do you choose?"