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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇵🇪Peru · Cusco

Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsPeruCuscoMarketed as Geshaexact genetic identity unresolvedWashedLight roastGrapefruitArabicaSingle originNuevo Progresso ParcelLucio LuqueCounter Culture CoffeeIndependent
🇵🇪PeruWashedLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇵🇪Peru
Region
Cusco
Town
Amaybamba
Farm / Station
Nuevo Progresso Parcel
Farmer / Producer
Lucio Luque
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Marketed as Gesha; exact genetic identity unresolved, with later official testing closest to SL9 but no exact reference match
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
bubble gum, grapefruit, floral
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • variety idThe archived release was marketed as Gesha, but official testing accounts report mixed markers and no exact genetic reference match; later tests found only closest similarity to SL9.
  • harvestThe archived exact-release page does not publish a release-specific harvest window; dates from the later Lucio Luque release were excluded.
  • altitude mThe archived exact-release page does not publish a defensible release-specific elevation; the later release's range was not transferred.
  • fermentationThe release is recorded as washed, but no lot-specific fermentation duration or protocol is published.
  • drying durationThe archive describes the broader transition to raised beds, including Lucio's farm, but does not publish this lot's exact drying duration.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for this archived release.
  • public sentiment ratingOnly one independent exact-release qualitative competition report was found; no defensible numeric public rating can be calculated.
  • owner tasting inputNo owner purchase, tasting observations, approval, or original score are present; none were inferred.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Lucio Luque – Gesha Variety
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Marketed as Gesha; exact genetic identity unresolved, with later official testing closest to SL9 but no exact reference match
  5. 05
    The farm
    Nuevo Progresso Parcel
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Lucio Luque
  7. 07
    The region
    Cusco
  8. 08
    The country
    🇵🇪Peru
From the producer

Lucio Luque is an Incahuasi Valley Cooperative producer whose Nuevo Progresso parcel brought attention to coffee locally called Inca Gesha. Official accounts document mixed genetic evidence: the archived release used Gesha, while later repeated testing found no exact reference match and only closest similarity to SL9.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster that focuses on sourcing high-quality single-origin coffees and maintaining transparent relationships with producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The historical “Gesha Variety” product name is preserved while the structured variety relationship remains empty: Counter Culture’s archived and later accounts document mixed results and no exact genetic reference match.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Preserved the archived product identity

Kept Lucio Luque, Nuevo Progresso, the 4 oz format, and the historical Gesha Variety title tied to the exact release.

02
Prevented botanical overstatement

Left the structured variety relationship empty because official testing found no exact genetic reference match; later official reporting says closest similarity to SL9.

03
Separated releases

Did not import the later Lucio Luque harvest window, elevation, price, or cup notes into this archived coffee.

04
Separated retail, FOB, and sentiment

Recorded the $19/4 oz retail price separately from the $11/lb FOB payment and kept one qualitative competition report separate from the blank house score.

What was added?

Structured single-parcel composition, historical $19/113 g retail price, profile-only disclosure, refreshed availability, and one exact-release independent qualitative source.

What wasn't added?

No definitive Gesha or SL9 variety link, later-release harvest or elevation, invented process details, owner score, or numeric public sentiment rating.

Why it matters

The page remains historically faithful to the marketed name while clearly communicating that the underlying cultivar identity is unresolved.

What you might taste

Counter Culture lists bubble gum, grapefruit, and florals; independent competition coverage additionally reported lime, pineapple, wildflower honey, silky mouthfeel, and raspberry.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/lucio-luque-gesha-variety
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/lucio-luque
  • · https://www.coffeelist.co/b/counter-culture-coffee/lucio-luque-gesha-variety
  • · https://sprudge.com/live-updates-from-the-2023-us-barista-championship-semi-finals-206217.html
  • · https://blackfoxcoffee.com/pages/editions/log-017
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-11. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One exact-release independent competition report is positive but insufficient for a numeric public-sentiment rating.

What people love

Sprudge's coverage of Jenna Gotthelf's 2023 US Barista Championship routine identified Lucio Luque's Gesha-labeled coffee and reported lime, pineapple, wildflower honey, silky mouthfeel, and a raspberry finish.

Flavors people keep mentioning
limepineapplewildflower honeysilkyraspberry
Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Positive, very limited exact-release evidence.
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