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The Coffee Atlas
Gesha Village (Ethiopia)
Gesha Village, the Bench Maji estate growing Gesha in the Ethiopian forest region it is named for, profiled from three dated Coffee Review lot scores.
Flavor profile
avg. of 3 published reviewsScale: 1-10, Coffee Review / SCA-classic-form convention. Averaged from 3 independently published, dated Coffee Review scores of Gesha Village lots roasted in Taiwan and the US (Oma Gesha 1931 Natural, July 2024; Gori Gesha, November 2023; Lot 108, January 2025), all natural or anaerobic-natural processed. Per-attribute means are rounded to one decimal. Not an estate-wide or category-wide sample: scores vary by lot, plot, processing, and roaster, and washed lots from the same estate are not represented.
What it tastes like
Most Gesha on the market is a story about Panama. Gesha Village is the other half of it: an estate in Ethiopia’s Bench Maji Zone, near the Gori Gesha forest where the variety was first collected, selling the same genetics back from the place they came from.
The three Coffee Review lots averaged here are all natural or anaerobic-natural, and they read as a floral, sweet-tart profile: wisteria and narcissus in the aroma, grapefruit zest or dried mango and apricot in the fruit, and hazelnut or cocoa nib underneath. Aroma and flavor lead the scores, while aftertaste is the softest attribute, so expect a vivid cup that fades faster than it arrives.
Because the data here is natural-process only, it says little about the washed lots some roasters also sell from the estate. Treat the scores as a ceiling for what careful Gesha Village naturals can do, not a promise for every lot.
How to brew it
Method fit for this origin · editorial guidance from roaster convention
Filtered extraction keeps the floral aromatics and delicate acidity that the reviewed lots are scored for.
Some roasters pull it as espresso, but the delicate top notes are easy to flatten under concentration and crema.
Full immersion adds weight at the expense of the aromatic clarity a lot this scarce is bought for.
⚠ Fit tiers are editorial guidance drawn from roaster convention; no industry standard scores brew fit, so we show tiers, never invented numbers. Reflects brew guidance commonly published by specialty roasters for Gesha lots (one retailer listing recommends filter methods for an Oma lot), not an SCA-defined standard.
Altitude & region
Growing elevation, meters above sea level · this entry vs comparison bands
Gesha Village's range is sourced from a single retailer listing for one plot's lot (see Sources & data), and other listings quote slightly different bounds. Yirgacheffe, Kenya AA and Brazil Cerrado are shown for scale using the bands already used elsewhere on this site, not lot-specific measurements.
Caffeine content
Caffeine by dry weight · each gold dot = 0.1%
Caffeine content tracks species, not variety, origin, altitude, or processing: robusta beans contain almost twice as much caffeine as arabica (see Sources & data). Gesha is 100% Arabica; no credible per-estate caffeine figure exists, so the comparison above is by species only, not a measurement of this specific lot.
Where to buy it
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NYC roaster that has listed Gesha Village plot lots (an Oma plot washed Gesha 1931 has appeared); availability is seasonal.
View lot→North Carolina roaster that has listed numbered Gesha Village lots (for example Lot 108 and Lot 115) in its coffee archive; lots rotate and sell out.
View lot→Ethiopian Gesha is rarely stocked here; if it appears, check roast date, that the label names the estate, and seller reviews.
View lot→Sources & data
- Crozier et al.: Espresso coffees, caffeine and chlorogenic acid intake (Food & Function, 2012)Peer-reviewed (Univ. of Glasgow): states robusta coffee beans contain almost twice as much caffeine as arabica, by species (no percentage figures given in this paper)
- Coffee Review: Ethiopia Gesha Village Oma Gesha 1931 Natural, Buon CaffeCupping scores (1 of 3 averaged), July 2024, 96 points; Bench-Maji Zone, natural process; Top 30 Coffees of 2024 (No. 29)
- Coffee Review: Gesha Village Ethiopia Gori Gesha, VERYTIMECupping scores (2 of 3 averaged), November 2023, 94 points; natural process; Gori Gesha Forest, Bench Maji Zone
- Coffee Review: Ethiopia Gesha Village Lot 108, modcupCupping scores (3 of 3 averaged), January 2025, 94 points; anaerobic natural fermented with mosto
- Coffee Review: scoring methodology1-10 attribute scale definition
- The Way to Coffee (Pirates of Coffee lot): Gesha Village Oma #120, Ethiopia Natural Gesha 1931Retailer listing: 1911-2049 masl, 471 hectare estate in the Bench Maji Zone near the Gori Gesha Forest, natural process, filter brewing suggested
- Wikipedia: Geisha (coffee)Variety originated in the Gori Gesha forest of southwestern Ethiopia; seeds collected in 1936 by a British consul; name from the Amharic region name