YESSICA PARRA - GESHA, WASHED - COLOMBIA

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INDIANAPOLIS, UNITED STATES

YESSICA PARRA - GESHA, WASHED

CHAMOMILE
LEMON CURD
WILDFLOWER HONEY
FINGER LIME

ORIGIN: PITALITO, HUILA, COLOMBIA
FARM: EL MIRADOR
PRODUCER: YESSICA & DIEGO PARRA
ALTITUDE: 1750 MASL
VARIETY: GESHA
PROCESS: WASHED

ROAST DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

EL MIRADOR SITS AT 1,750 METERS OUTSIDE PITALITO, IN THE SOUTH OF HUILA. YESSICA AND DIEGO PARRA ARE SIBLINGS AND THE FOURTH GENERATION OF THEIR FAMILY TO FARM THERE. YESSICA CAME TO SPECIALTY COFFEE THROUGH SENA, COLOMBIA'S VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM, AND BROUGHT HER BROTHER IN BEHIND HER; TOGETHER THEY FOUNDED DIWAN COFFEE IN NOVEMBER 2024. DIEGO RUNS FERMENTATION AND VARIETY WORK, YESSICA RUNS CUPPING, LOGISTICS AND SOURCING. WE BOUGHT THEIR WASHED GESHA LAST YEAR, ON THEIR FIRST EXPORT, AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE COFFEES OF THE YEAR. THIS YEAR'S HARVEST IS SMALL. WE TOOK WHAT THERE WAS.

CHAMOMILE IS THERE ON THE DRY GROUNDS, A SOFT FLORAL THAT SETS UP THE CUP. LEMON CURD OPENS IT, BRIGHT AND THICK AT ONCE. WILDFLOWER HONEY HOLDS THE MIDDLE AND GIVES THE CUP ITS WEIGHT, AND FINGER LIME ARRIVES LATE, RELEASING SMALL BEADS OF SHARP CITRUS ACROSS THE PALATE. THE TEXTURE IS SILKY AND THE FINISH IS LONG.

ONLY FULLY RIPE CHERRIES ARE PICKED AND FLOATED, THEN HELD WHOLE FOR 48 HOURS SO FERMENTATION BEGINS INSIDE INTACT CHERRY. THE CHERRIES ARE THEN DEPULPED AND WASHED, AND THE PARCHMENT GOES BACK UNDER WATER FOR A SHORT SECONDARY FERMENTATION THAT CLEARS THE REMAINING MUCILAGE BEFORE SLOW DRYING ON THE FARM.