ETHICA SPECTRUM - Coffea Diversa Geisha Carbonic Maceration Honey

THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTION OF COFFEE VARIETAL - COFFEA DIVERSA

Tucked away in Costa Rica’s remote Biolley District, Coffea Diversa is unlike any other coffee estate. Known as "Jardin Botanica de Cafe", the farm to the world’s largest private collection of coffee species, botanical varieties, and cultivars. With over 200 in total, it is a living archive of global coffee biodiversity.
Founded by Gonzalo Hernandez, one of the world’s leading coffee varietal specialists, the estate describes itself as a ‘coffee garden’ where rare heritage species, many of them near-forgotten, are cultivated with extraordinary care. Coffea Diversa is more than an estate - It is a living reference for the world’s rarest and most distinctive coffee varieties.
The estate’s location is as remarkable as its collection - Nestled at the confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific climates and situated within a pristine biodiversity corridor near La Amistad International Park. This interplay of altitude, volcanic soil, and unique microclimate produces coffees of striking complexity and clarity.
Coffea Diversa also holds the unique distinction of being the only coffee farm to win the full Podium of Paris, achieving Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the prestigious AVPA competition in France.


PROCESSING

These Costa Rican Geisha beans are ‘Honey’ processed - a rare form of ‘Carbonic Maceration’ processing that consists of letting the coffee ferment within airtight drums for three days in a carbon dioxide saturated environment. The Honey process uses pulped coffee with the mucilage left on inside the drum, which creates a smoother body and a sweeter, more syrupy and ‘liquor-ish’ taste profile compared to traditional processing methods.