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Introduction of bean species

Geisha is one of the "best" coffee varieties in the world.

in p>24, the Peterson family in Poquette, Panama, listed Geisha in the "Best in Panama" competition and auction, which made it famous and won a high evaluation, breaking the record of the auction price of raw bean coffee in that year, and the price exceeded $21/pound.

history of bean seeds

Geisha was originally collected from coffee forests in Ethiopia in the 193s. From there, it was sent to Lyamungu research station in Tanzania, and then it was taken to CATIE in Central America in 1953, where it was registered as T2722.

in 196s, Geisha was considered to be tolerant to coffee leaf rust, and then it was sold all over Panama through CATIE.

the origin of Geisha

there is great confusion in geisha because there are many plant types with different genes called geisha.

The recent genetic diversity analysis conducted by the World Coffee Research Center confirmed that the descendants of Geisha in Panama from T2722 were unique and unique. When plants are properly managed at high altitude, they will also get extremely high cup quality and are famous for their delicate floral fragrance, jasmine and bergamot-like aroma.

the spelling of p>Geisha and Gesha is often used interchangeably, which is related to the lack of fixed translation from Ethiopian dialect to English. Originally recorded in germplasm records with the spelling "Geisha", most coffee researchers and germplasm banks have kept this spelling in the past decades, which led to its popularization and use in the coffee industry at first.

Actually, this coffee was originally collected in the vicinity of a mountain called Gesha in Ethiopia. Many people in the coffee industry prefer to use this spelling nowadays.