[Light Roast]

Region:   Karatu District, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Farm: Gaia Estate - Neel & Kavita Vohora

Processing: Spring Water Washed

Variety: Gesha

Altitude: 1650-1800+ Masl

About Gaia Estate:

Gaia Estate sits on the outer ridges of the Ngorongoro Caldera in Tanzania's Karatu District — the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera — at 1,650–1,800+ masl. The 1,000-acre estate is bordered by a conservation area teeming with wildlife; native forest corridors allow elephants, buffalo, zebra, and even black rhino to migrate freely through the farmland.
The farm is run by siblings Neel and Kavita Vohora, third-generation farmers whose family has worked this land since 1971. Neel manages daily operations and leads processing innovation, while Kavita heads the export business from Arusha as lead cupper and licensed Q Grader. Their daughter Nicolene — the fourth generation — is already learning to taste coffee.
What makes Gaia Estate extraordinary right now is their Gesha program. The trees were grown from seed stock connected to a Tanzanian research station — the very origin of the Gesha genetics that later gained worldwide fame in Panama. These newly matured trees are producing their first exportable harvests, and the results are stunning.

Why We Sourced This Coffee:

This is Gesha coming home. While the variety is celebrated globally for its floral elegance, this lot carries a deeper significance — grown from genetics that trace directly back to Tanzanian soil, where the story of Gesha began.

The cup quality matches the narrative: vibrant orange, layered jasmine florals, and a silky oolong tea finish that showcases both the variety's potential and the Vohoras' precision. Each cherry undergoes a calibrated whole-cherry pre-fermentation before depulping, followed by 36–54 hours of tank fermentation and a clean wash in fresh spring water — a protocol refined through years of variety-specific experimentation.

Rare provenance, innovative processing, and exceptional cup quality — this one was an easy yes.

Notes: Orange, Jasmine, Oolong Tea