15/06/2023
Story of Ethiopia Bench Maji Geisha
Near the border of South Sudan, you find the wild, dense, and stunning forests of the Bench Maji Zone. Home to the radiant Gesha coffees. A coffee that astonishes coffee drinkers around the globe with sparkling clean acidity-rich profiles. The story of Gesha Village begins here.
Rachel Samuel and Adam Overton developed a passion for coffee while producing a documentary about Ethiopian coffee in 2007. They fell in love with Ethiopia, its people, and the coffee. Their path led them to Willem Boot, a coffee educator, and an authority in the field of Gesha coffees.
After intense training from Willem, Rachel and Adam returned to Bench Maji to search for the perfect spot for a coffee farm. After months of searching, they found a beautiful untouched piece of lush land; the future Gesha Village. Just a stone’s throw away from the birth grounds of the famous Panamanian Geisha. In 2011, Rachel and Adam finally revived the legend of the Ethiopian Gesha coffee.
Gesha Village is a 471-hectare farm with high elevation, ample rainfall, temperate climates, and fruitful ground. Rachel and Adam started to select wild Gesha seeds from the neighbouring Gori Gesha forest and planted these among the indigenous trees.
