Colombia | Las Flores | Jhoan Vergara | Gesha Natural (Floral Symphony) | Signature Series (Competition Coffee)
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Colombia | Las Flores | Jhoan Vergara | Gesha Natural (Floral Symphony) | Signature Series (Competition Coffee)
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This coffee’s roasted in our filter style — meaning it’s designed to shine as black coffee rather than with milk. That doesn’t mean you have to brew it as a pour-over though. You can make it however you like — espresso, moka pot, AeroPress or anything in between. We simply roast it a little lighter to highlight the bean’s origin flavours giving you a cup that’s clean, vibrant and full of clarity.
Lighter roasting keeps more of the natural acidity and sweetness intact which makes for a beautifully expressive black coffee. This coffee is best enjoyed without milk as it’s too acidic and the flavours don’t pair well once milk is added.
If you prefer your milk coffee with richer caramel, toffee or nutty flavours you might enjoy our espresso range more. Those roasts are taken a little darker to bring out deeper sweetness and balance beautifully with milk.
Origin and Sourcing
Varietal:
Gesha
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Gesha (or Geisha), originally from Ethiopia, gained fame through Panamanian farms for its outstanding floral and tea-like cup profile. Often described as jasmine, bergamot, and stone fruit in the cup, it commands some of the highest prices in specialty coffee. It has low yields and is challenging to grow but highly sought after for competition and premium markets.
Processing Method:
Natural
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The natural process involves drying whole coffee cherries under the sun, allowing the beans to absorb flavors from the fruit as they dry. This results in a coffee with a heavy body, fruity sweetness, and complex flavors. It’s commonly practiced in Ethiopia and Brazil, where the climate is conducive to sun-drying.
Producer:
Jhoan Vergara
Farm:
Las Flores
Region / Area:
Huila, Acevedo
Altitude:
1750–1900 MASL
Sourcing Partner:
Direct From Farm
Coffee Storage:
Frozen
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For our exotic coffee, we store all the green beans frozen at -22°C in commercial freezers. This locks in freshness, halting enzymatic reactions that degrade flavor. Upon arrival we separate into small 2-3kg vacuum-sealed lots and freeze so that our greens do not age and we can sell these exotic coffees for years to come or until sold out.
Roast Details
Roast Style:
Filter
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Filter roasts are lighter with a shorter development time, designed to highlight clarity, acidity, and fruit-driven complexity — perfect for black coffee and filter methods. These roasts can also be used for espresso, especially if you enjoy brighter, more vibrant shots. Try longer brew ratios or turbo shots to tame acidity and bring out sweetness. Espresso roasts, on the other hand, are developed further to encourage deeper caramelization and Maillard reactions, producing richer, chocolatey, and nutty flavours that shine in milk and offer a fuller-bodied espresso.
We don't usually roast omni (one roast for all brew methods) — in our experience, it tends to be a compromise that's average at both. But occasionally, for larger lots or versatile blends, we may do an omni roast to suit both black and milk drinkers.
Roasted On Machine:
Roest L100 Ultra
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The ROEST L100 Ultra is the most advanced sample roaster in its class, combining the precision of the L100 Plus with next-generation hardware upgrades and new airflow technology. A redesigned, fully perforated drum with reversible rotation introduces a counterflow mode that channels air directly through the bean mass—allowing faster, more efficient heat transfer and enabling lighter roasts or second crack in under 90 seconds. With upgraded 5 GHz Wi-Fi, a faster processor, built-in pressure sensor, and refreshed UI matching the P3000, the Ultra offers better batch consistency (even at 50g), improved airflow calibration, and lower energy consumption. It’s a serious tool for roasters wanting unmatched control, speed, and repeatability—while still fitting neatly on the benchtop.
Taste Profile
Tasting Notes:
Perfumed, orange juice, peach, jasmine. Bright with a smooth body and berry sweetness. (Gesha Floral Symphony Natural)
Cupping Score:
90.0
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Our coffees are scored using the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) protocol by Q Grader–certified cuppers. A score of 80+ qualifies as specialty grade — clean, well-processed, and high quality. 80–84 coffees are more common and often used in blends. 85–87 are brighter, more complex, and better suited for high-quality filter brews. 88–90 are exceptional, and 90+ coffees are ultra-rare, often Cup of Excellence (COE) winners — the best in the world.
Suitable with Milk?
No
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Some of our light roasted filter coffees are bursting with bright, fruity acidity — think citrus, berries, or tropical notes. While these flavours shine on their own, they don't always play well with milk. The acidity can clash with milk's natural sweetness and creaminess, sometimes creating sour or chalky flavours.
Decaffeinated?
No
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Colombia | Las Flores | Jhoan Vergara | Gesha Natural (Floral Symphony) | Signature Series (Competition Coffee) - When is peak flavour?
Medium Roast - Roasted on Roest L100 Ultra
Floral Symphony
Suggests a harmonious and complex blend of floral notes, appealing to coffee connoisseurs seeking a refined taste experience. You will find a diverse and fragrant bouquet reminiscent of jasmine, rose and lavender.
About Gesha
Gesha (also spelled Geisha) takes its name from the Ethiopian town of Gesha, where seed was collected in the 1930s before travelling through Kenya, Tanzania and Costa Rica and eventually landing in Panama. It sat largely ignored for decades — tall, fragile and stubbornly low-yielding — until Hacienda La Esmeralda entered it in the 2004 Best of Panama and rewrote what the market believed a coffee could taste like. Every Gesha planted since traces back to that moment.
What makes it worth the trouble is aromatic intensity. Gesha carries a floral top note — jasmine, bergamot, orange blossom — that sits above the cup rather than in it, paired with a tea-like body and an acidity that stays bright without turning sharp. It is a variety that hides nothing: any shortcut in picking, fermentation or drying shows up immediately, which is why it remains the benchmark variety on competition tables and the one producers use to prove what their processing can do.
Jhoan’s natural Floral Symphony ferment leans into the perfume rather than burying it under fruit. The cup opens perfumed and floral, moves through fresh orange juice and ripe peach, and finishes with a smooth body and a soft berry sweetness. Bright, clean and unmistakably Gesha.
Las Flores
Las Flores is a 16-hectare farm in Acevedo, in the Pitalito corner of Huila, sitting at around 1,750 metres. Under Jhoan Vergara it has become one of the most recognised names in Colombian competition coffee, planted across an unusually wide spread of varieties — Pink Bourbon, Caturra Chiroso, Sidra Bourbon, Ají Bourbon, Tabi, Red Bourbon, Java, Maracaturra and Gesha — each matched to its own fermentation and drying protocol rather than run through a single house process.
About Jhoan Vergara
Jhoan Vergara is one of Colombia’s most exciting young specialty coffee producers, representing a new generation redefining what Huila coffees can be. Born in Pitalito in 1996, Jhoan grew up immersed in coffee farming and now leads production at Las Flores Farm in Acevedo. With a strong foundation in traditional Colombian coffee growing, he has combined family knowledge with modern experimentation, focusing on precision, consistency, and expressive flavour profiles that stand out on the world stage.
At Las Flores, Jhoan works across a diverse range of varieties including Chiroso, Java, Gesha, Pink Bourbon, and Sidra, pairing each with carefully designed fermentation and drying protocols. His coffees are known for their clarity, intensity, and distinctive character, making them highly sought after by specialty roasters and frequently selected for international barista competitions. Today, Las Flores is widely regarded as a reference farm for innovative Colombian processing and competition-level quality, with Jhoan Vergara firmly established as one of the producers shaping the future of specialty coffee.
His own competition record backs it up — first place at Master of Coffee in South Korea in 2019, first at Top Roast Colombia in 2022 after placing fourth the year before — and his coffees have carried other competitors to the top, including the Caturra Chiroso that won the 2024 Cezve/Ibrik Championship.
We sourced this competition coffee lot through LOHAS BEANS who work directly with the farmer and air freight the beans as soon as they are ready from processing.
Click here to view all our coffees that are sourced from LOHAS BEANS
WHO IS LOHAS BEANS?
Lohas Beans is a Colombian exporter that works alongside some of the country’s most respected and forward-thinking producers, helping bring standout Colombian coffees to the global stage. Their lots have appeared in competitions, been served in top cafés around the world, and enjoyed by dedicated home brewers. While Lohas Beans are not producers themselves, they source and offer distinctive, high-quality lots for discerning coffee drinkers by collaborating with leading Colombian producers, including the Vergara Brothers, the Lasso Brothers, Jhonathan Gasca, Orlando Ospina, and Paola Trujillo.