Colombia | Las Flores | Jhoan Vergara | Gesha Natural (Citrus Laden Fruit Forward) (Competition Coffee)
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| Management number | 253652440 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$31.60 | Model Number | 253652440 | ||
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Citrus Laden Fruit Forward
A fruit-forward profile built around citrus. Expect a bright, juicy cup where orange and mandarin lead, lifted by a bergamot-like perfume and finished with clean sweetness. Taking a Gesha through this natural process trades a little of its delicacy for vibrancy, without losing the floral top note the variety is known for.
About Gesha
Gesha takes its name from the Ethiopian town of Gesha, where seed was collected in the 1930s before travelling through Kenya, Tanzania and Costa Rica and eventually landing in Panama. It sat largely ignored for decades — tall, fragile and stubbornly low-yielding — until Hacienda La Esmeralda entered it in the 2004 Best of Panama and rewrote what the market believed a coffee could taste like. Every Gesha planted since traces back to that moment.
What makes it worth the trouble is aromatic intensity. Gesha carries a floral top note — jasmine, bergamot, orange blossom — that sits above the cup rather than in it, paired with a tea-like body and an acidity that stays bright without turning sharp. It is a variety that hides nothing: any shortcut in picking, fermentation or drying shows up immediately, which is why it remains the benchmark variety on competition tables and the one producers use to prove what their processing can do.
Jhoan’s Citrus Laden ferment pushes this Gesha toward the bright end of the variety. Orange and mandarin lead, bergamot carries the perfume, and the natural process adds juiciness and a sweeter, rounder finish. A lively, sunny Gesha that’s easy to love.
Las Flores
Las Flores is a 16-hectare farm in Acevedo, in the Pitalito corner of Huila, sitting at around 1,750 to 1,850 metres. Under Jhoan Vergara it has become one of the most recognised names in Colombian competition coffee, planted across an unusually wide spread of varieties — Pink Bourbon, Caturra Chiroso, Sidra Bourbon, Ají Bourbon, Tabi, Red Bourbon, Java, Maracaturra and Gesha — each matched to its own fermentation and drying protocol rather than run through a single house process.
About Jhoan Vergara
Jhoan Vergara is one of Colombia’s most exciting young specialty coffee producers, representing a new generation redefining what Huila coffees can be. Born in Pitalito in 1996, Jhoan grew up immersed in coffee farming and now leads production at Las Flores Farm in Acevedo. With a strong foundation in traditional Colombian coffee growing, he has combined family knowledge with modern experimentation, focusing on precision, consistency, and expressive flavour profiles that stand out on the world stage.
His own competition record backs it up — first place at Master of Coffee in South Korea in 2019, first at Top Roast Colombia in 2022 after placing fourth the year before — and his coffees have carried other competitors to the top, including the Caturra Chiroso that won the 2024 Cezve/Ibrik Championship.
We sourced this competition coffee lot through LOHAS BEANS who work directly with the farmer and air freight the beans as soon as they are ready from processing.
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Lohas Beans is a Colombian exporter that works alongside some of the country’s most respected and forward-thinking producers, helping bring standout Colombian coffees to the global stage. Their lots have appeared in competitions, been served in top cafés around the world, and enjoyed by dedicated home brewers. While Lohas Beans are not producers themselves, they source and offer distinctive, high-quality lots for discerning coffee drinkers by collaborating with leading Colombian producers, including the Vergara Brothers, the Lasso Brothers, Jhonathan Gasca, Orlando Ospina, and Paola Trujillo.
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