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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Cauca

Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsColombiaCaucaGeshaWashedOrangeHoney flavorArabicaSingle originLa LajaJames Arlez Fernández VivasIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedGesha
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Cauca
Town
Betania
Farm / Station
La Laja
Farmer / Producer
James Arlez Fernández Vivas
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
green grape, orange blossom, honey
Fermentation
48 hours in open-air tanks after pulping
Drying
11 days on covered raised beds, turned four times daily
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • ALTITUDEThe exact Intelligentsia release does not publish a lot-specific elevation; the prior unsupported point value remains removed.
  • HARVEST DATEThe source identifies this as the first limited Geisha harvest but does not publish a harvest date or crop window.
  • CONVENTIONAL ROAST LEVELIntelligentsia uses its proprietary Comforting profile rather than a conventional light/medium/dark category.
  • FORMAL GRADENo formal green-coffee grade is published.
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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
    Colombia La Laja Geisha 7oz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Laja
  6. 06
    The farmer
    James Arlez Fernández Vivas
  7. 07
    The region
    Cauca
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

James Fernández grew up in coffee, established La Laja in Betania, and paired farm management with laboratory and cupping work. La Laja grows Castillo, Geisha, Sudan Rume, Pink Bourbon, and Orange Bourbon.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia is a specialty coffee roaster known for its Direct Trade program, focusing on sourcing high-quality, seasonal lots from smallholder farmers and single-farm partners.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This was La Laja's first limited harvest from its Geisha plants, with a fully documented, simple washed process and one exact independent public rating.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact release

The live Intelligentsia page confirms $30, 7 oz, sold-out status, the proprietary Comforting profile, and green grape, orange blossom, and honey.

02
Reconciled structured commerce fields

Filled the previously blank USD price fields with $30 and retained the exact 198 g package.

03
Preserved exact farm and processing evidence

Kept James Fernández, La Laja, Geisha, 48-hour open-air fermentation, double washing, and 11-day covered raised-bed drying from Intelligentsia's release story.

04
Reverified bounded public sentiment

Confirmed one independent exact-product 4.5/5 Coffee Roast rating and retained its transparent 90/100 normalization separately from the absent house score.

What was added?

Structured $30 USD price, refreshed sold-out verification, current research dates, explicit score provenance, and refreshed one-source public sentiment.

What wasn't added?

No official exact-lot elevation, crop date, formal grade, conventional roast level, owner tasting, approval, verdict, review date, or house score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now aligns its structured commerce fields with the exact listing while keeping thin independent sentiment separate from editorial tasting authority.

What you might taste

Green grape, orange blossom, and honey according to Intelligentsia; the independent reviewer additionally reported sweet orange and cranberry-like brightness.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/colombia-la-laja-geisha
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/blogs/stories/colombia-la-laja-geisha
  • · https://coffeeroast.com/roaster/intelligentsia-coffee/colombia-la-laja-geisha
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-colombia-la-laja-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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-02. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One qualifying independent exact-product review remains live: 4.5/5 from one rating. This is thin but directly matched evidence.

What people love

Balance, sweet orange character, cranberry-like bright acidity, smoothness, and approachability.

What people don't

No specific criticism was reported in the sole qualifying review.

Flavors people keep mentioning
balancedsweet orangebright aciditycranberrysmoothapproachable
Outside ratings & rankings

Scores remain on their original scales. An outside review, competition score or historical release is not our tasting and cannot safely be merged into one five-star rating.Our method

Internet sentiment

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

Positive
The sources
  • Coffee publication
    Coffee Roast
    An exact-release review rated Intelligentsia's Colombia La Laja Geisha 4.50/5 and described a balanced cup led by sweet orange, with bright cranberry-like acidity and a smooth, approachable character.
    Source
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