Coffea Diversa - Ghimbi

A double release in the Competition category from Gonzalo Hernandez at Coffea Diversa!

Gonzalo is well known here at MCR and we are big fans of his work at the Coffea Diversa project in Costa Rica. Gonzalo has amassed possibly the largest private collection of botanical coffee varieties on the planet, all with full genetic traceability. After years of collecting and transporting samples from across the world, Gonzalo began a new project by seeding these rare and unique varieties.

This time around, we have Ghimbi and Geisha! We commisioned both of these as one of our favorite processing methods, hybrid washed! The process is quite simple; the cherries are fermented in aerobic tanks for 24 to 48 hours or until the cherry is ‘soft’. The coffee is pulped and then dried in stages to achieve an extremely stable end product.

Coffea Diversa is a statement of what our competition category is all about - some of the most exotic varieties with masterful craftsmanship.