Panama | Iris Estate | Jamison Savage | Gesha CM Washed VIVID 2025
Product details
| Management number | 253653365 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$33.60 | Model Number | 253653365 | ||
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About VIVID
Vivid Gesha showcases Iris Estate's mastery of carbonic maceration, where whole cherries ferment briefly in CO2-flushed tanks to create a clean, vibrant cup. The result is an elegant Gesha with bright yellow-fruit notes, refined acidity, and a beautifully balanced finish.
Varietal: Gesha
Process: Carbonic Maceration (CM) Washed
Lot: Vivid
Processing Details
- Cherries are harvested perfectly ripe at 20-22º Brix.
- Cherries are carefully selected a second time and separated according to sections of the farm.
- Whole cherries are placed inside sealed tanks filled with CO2, displacing all oxygen to create a controlled anaerobic environment.
- Cherries ferment briefly under regulated temperatures to develop bright yellow-fruit characteristics.
- After fermentation, cherries are pulped, thoroughly washed, and spread in thin layers to dry on multi-tiered raised African beds under precise conditions at Iris Estate.
- The Iris Estate drying room maintains strict control over temperature, humidity and airflow to optimise flavour and uniformity.
- Drying typically takes 20-25 days, reducing moisture content to 10-12%.
- Beans are stored in parchment inside GrainPro bags to rest and stabilise before hulling.
- Once stabilised, the coffee is hulled and carefully sorted by density, size, shape and colour before being lightly vacuum-sealed for export.
About Iris Estate
Iris Estate is a venture initiated by three exceptionally talented coffee professionals, each driven by a distinct vision for the future of coffee. Their shared belief is that specialty coffee should embody the unique terroir in which the beans are grown, rather than merely reflecting processing techniques. This philosophy guides their quest for the perfect cup.
To showcase this dedication to terroir, producer Jamison Savage has planted a variety of coffee cultivars across the Estate at different elevations, all while preserving the natural landscape and forest. He believes that minimal interference with the ecosystem allows the coffee cherries to fully express the natural flavours and characteristics of their environment.
The three main objectives at Iris Estate are: ensuring the coffees truly represent the land from which they originate, enhancing the sustainability of the farm and the well-being of its workers, and bridging the gap between producers and consumers by transparently sharing the processes of cultivation, harvest and production.
About Jamison Savage
Savage Coffee is a project founded by Jamison Savage in Panama's Boquete region. Jamison has established himself as one of the world's most refined coffee producers, with his farm, Deborah, earning top honours in prestigious coffee competitions globally. His coffees are now in such high demand that they are often pre-booked well before the season begins.
For over a decade Jamison has been perfecting his processing techniques. He was among the first to adapt carbonic maceration from the wine industry to coffee, fermenting cherries in a carbon-dioxide-rich environment to build complexity and heighten fresh fruit and floral notes. His coffees are shade-grown, strictly hard bean, and nurtured in nutrient-rich volcanic soils.
About the Gesha Variety
Gesha (also spelled Gesha) is one of the world's most prized coffee varieties. It traces back to Ethiopian landrace coffees collected in the 1930s - the name derives from Ethiopia's Gori Gesha forest - and reached global fame in Panama in 2005, when a Gesha lot won Best of Panama and shattered price records. It is celebrated for its delicate florals, jasmine aromatics and elegant stone fruit.
Coffee in Panama
Though small in coffee production, Panama is a mighty player in coffee quality. In particular, Panama is famous for producing Gesha lots that have fetched prices exceeding $800 per pound. Today its renown as a producer of rare and sought-after varieties positions Panama as a contender for a new kind of coffee-tourism, with the potential to change the way we produce, purchase, consume and talk about specialty coffee on a global scale.
The high value of Gesha has brought out both the best and the worst in the industry. For established producers who receive excellent prices, that money has often been reinvested in their communities and in renovating their farms to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. Unfortunately, the lure of Gesha's value has also led some to bypass traditional land purchasing agreements and illegally deforest areas of national parks. Even so, the blossoming coffee industry in Panama has demonstrated real potential to raise incomes for a wider spectrum of producers and coffee workers.
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