The last time we introduced a varietal of coffee that was new to Organikos it had taken about a year to settle on the farm we would source from for the longer term. For the geisha varietal that farm is Hacienda La Pradera. During the last two years offering their coffee we have underestimated the demand and run out of coffee long before the new harvest is available. So, as of now, we have no geisha to offer until April.

But as of this week, we have a new (to us) varietal, from a new (to us) farm. Obata is a hybrid brought to Costa Rica in 2014 by the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE), prized for its resistance to rust. Finca El Escondido, in the Chirripo sub-region of Brunca may be the most successful farm to grow it so far.

I only came to know about this coffee because it is served in the restaurant at Hacienda El Viejo. It can be verified by two lunch-mates at the table where I took my first sip that I immediately started enquiring about the coffee because it matched my taste preferences more perfectly than any coffee we have offered to date. And that is saying something because I love every one of the coffees we offer. It is a single estate coffee that captures another taste of place in the southern tier of Costa Rica. And it represents the taste of place at Hacienda El Viejo, whose National Heritage Site status we honor on the label of the coffee bags we are introducing this week.