ABOUT HECTOR HERNANDEZ

Hector Hernandez’s coffee was introduced to us by The Coffee Quest, one of our exporting partners in Colombia, who set it aside after Hector presented it to them. Discovering new coffees and producers is one of the most exciting aspects of the coffee industry, as there are countless small growers whose coffees remain untasted. Each year brings opportunities to connect these producers with a market that didn’t exist before. We’re grateful to our partners in the supply chain and look forward to seeing how Hector’s farm continues to develop.

ABOUT GESHA

Gesha was originally collected from the coffee forests of Ethiopia in the 1930’s. From there, it was sent to the Lyamungo Research Station in Tanzania, and then brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Central America in the 1953, where it was logged as accession T2722. It was distributed throughout Panama via CATIE in the 1960’s after its tolerance to coffee leaf rust was recognized. However, it was not widely planted because the plant’s branches were brittle and not favored by farmers. Gesha came to prominence in 2005 when the Peterson family of Boquete, Panama, entered it into the Best of Panama competition and auction. It received exceptionally high marks and broke the then-record for green coffee auction prices, selling for over $20 per pound. Since then, the variety has become a resounding favorite of brewing and roasting competition winners and coffee enthusiasts alike.