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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇵🇪Peru · Cajamarca

Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsPeruCajamarcaGeshaWashedArabicaSingle originSpecialtyRayos del SolPercy PintadoIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇵🇪PeruWashedGesha
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇵🇪Peru
Region
Cajamarca
Town
Alto Ihuamaca
Farm / Station
Rayos del Sol
Farmer / Producer
Percy Pintado
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Rosemary, Juniper, Root Beer
Fermentation
Depulped the day of picking, then fermented in tanks for approximately 24 hours before rinsing
Drying
Dried for 15 days on multi-level raised beds to 11% moisture
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • harvestThe exact release materials do not state a harvest month or year.
  • roast levelThe exact release does not provide a conventional light/medium/dark roast label.
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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
    Peru Rayos del Sol Geisha 7oz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    Rayos del Sol
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Percy Pintado
  7. 07
    The region
    Cajamarca
  8. 08
    The country
    🇵🇪Peru
From the producer

Percy Pintado is a third-generation producer at Rayos del Sol in Alto Ihuamaca. Intelligentsia and Origin Coffee Lab have worked with the farm since 2015.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia has collaborated with the Pintado family and Origin Coffee Lab since 2015, highlighting this specific lot as a standout Geisha selection from their Peru harvest.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Percy dedicated roughly one hectare, about 20% of the farm, to Geisha at the farm's highest point. Intelligentsia documents both the exact washed protocol and the investments made to dry coffee reliably during wet harvest conditions.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Same-day depulping

The coffee was depulped on the day it was picked.

02
Tank fermentation

The depulped coffee fermented in tanks for approximately 24 hours, then was rinsed with water.

03
Raised-bed drying

The lot dried for 15 days on multi-level raised beds designed for airflow until it reached 11% moisture.

What was added?

Water was used to rinse the coffee after fermentation.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, or microbial inoculants were reported.

Why it matters

The traditional washed process and controlled raised-bed drying emphasize clarity while protecting the lot during Peru's wet harvest season.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists rosemary, juniper, and root beer.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/blogs/stories/peru-rayos-del-sol-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 2026-10-25) 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

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: Rayos del Sol →Meet the farmer: Percy Pintado →
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