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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇴Bolivia

Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBoliviaCaranaviGeshaNaturalArabicaSingle originFinca AlasitasRodríguez FamilyIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇧🇴BoliviaNaturalGesha
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇴Bolivia
Region
Caranavi
Town
—
Farm / Station
Finca Alasitas
Farmer / Producer
Rodríguez Family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
—
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • exact auction lotThe retail page does not identify a lot number, auction rank, crop, or preparation, so it cannot be matched to one of several Alasitas natural Geishas.
  • altitude mNo lot-specific elevation is published for the exact retail release.
  • harvestNo harvest date or crop year is published for the exact retail release.
  • fermentationNatural processing is verified, but the exact fermentation preparation, duration, and vessel are not published.
  • drying methodThe exact retail page does not publish a drying surface, duration, or moisture target.
  • tasting notesThe exact page uses broad language about refinement and intense natural-process flavor but gives no discrete tasting-note list.
  • roast levelNo conventional light, medium, or dark roast label is published for the exact release.
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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
    Bolivia Rodríguez Family Geisha
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    Finca Alasitas
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Rodríguez Family
  7. 07
    The region
    Caranavi
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇴Bolivia
From the producer

The Rodríguez family produced this release through its Bolivian coffee program. Alliance for Coffee Excellence documents Alasitas Geisha lots in Caranavi, but the exact retail release is not tied to a specific auction lot.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents the $34 Special Selection as an uncommon balance between Geisha refinement and the intensity of natural processing, without publishing discrete tasting notes or a detailed protocol.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A limited Rodríguez-family natural Geisha whose Alasitas identity is supported without borrowing scores or protocols from unlinked auction lots.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact retail release

Retained the Rodríguez family, Geisha, natural process, $34 price, 198 g Special Selection package, and sold-out status from exact or directly applicable Intelligentsia evidence.

02
Corroborated Alasitas carefully

Used the stable product URL and Alliance for Coffee Excellence’s Rodríguez-family catalog to support Alasitas and Caranavi.

03
Separated auction lots

Did not assign any ACE score, preparation, or flavor list because the retail page does not identify the exact auction lot.

04
Rechecked independent sentiment

Found no qualifying independent exact-release numerical cup rating; the exact catalog’s evidence index is explicitly not a cup score.

What was added?

Structured $34 price, refreshed sold-out verification, four sourced sections, and an explicit boundary between the retail release and multiple Alasitas auction lots.

What wasn't added?

No auction score, point elevation, harvest date, fermentation preparation, drying detail, conventional roast level, discrete tasting notes, or public cup rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile preserves a credible farm and producer link while preventing adjacent Alasitas auction data or a catalog evidence index from being misrepresented as this release’s cup score.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia describes refinement and intense natural-process flavor but does not publish discrete tasting notes for this release.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/bolivia-alasitas-natural-geisha
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/pages/faqs
  • · https://allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/bolivia-the-rodriguez-collection/
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-bolivia-alasitas-natural-geisha
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

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-31) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

The exact Cherrybook catalog page was checked but excluded from sentiment because its 63 CBI is explicitly an evidence-of-quality index, not a cup score; its signals are also roaster-level rather than exact-release reviews. Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Alasitas →Meet the farmer: Rodríguez Family →
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