Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Altieri Chombi Geisha, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Altieri Chombi Geisha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇵🇦Panama · Boquete

Altieri Chombi Geisha

Roasted by Rogue Wave Coffee RoastersRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsPanama Boquete Gesha Washed Apricot Lime Grapefruit Arabica Single origin Finca Alto Quiel / Mima Estates Eugene Altieri Rogue Wave Coffee Roasters

🇵🇦PanamaWashedGesha

Brand

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Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇵🇦Panama

Region

Boquete

Town

Alto Quiel

Farm / Station

Finca Alto Quiel / Mima Estates

Farmer / Producer

Eugene Altieri

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Gesha

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Apricot, Golden raisin, Lime leaf, Pink grapefruit, Iced tea

Fermentation

After flotation and mechanical pulping, parchment with mucilage intact fermented for 18 hours in tanks using naturally present wild yeast; temperature moved from about 15°C overnight to 20°C by morning.

Drying

Approximately seven days on African beds in a greenhouse, followed by rest in a temperature- and humidity-controlled warehouse.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

gradeThe exact release does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
roast levelRogue Wave supplies exact filter and espresso guidance but does not label the roast level.
product altitude conflictRogue Wave’s narrative and Altieri’s plot page state 1,800 m, while the Rogue Wave product-detail table says 1,850 m. The two-source 1,800 m value is used and the conflict is disclosed.
plot area and shadeRogue Wave’s dated release narrative describes approximately 1.5 hectares and 70% shade, while Altieri’s current plot page lists 2.5 hectares and 60% shade; no undocumented boundary-change date is inferred.
public sentimentNo qualifying independent tasting review or rating for this exact Rogue Wave fermented-washed release was found.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Altieri Chombi Geisha
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
03
The roaster
Rogue Wave Coffee Roasters
Documented
04
The variety
Gesha
Documented
05
The farm
Finca Alto Quiel / Mima Estates
Documented
06
The farmer
Eugene Altieri
Documented
07
The region
Boquete
Documented
08
The country
🇵🇦Panama
Documented

From the producer

Chombi is a named Green Tip Gesha plot on the Altieri family’s Mima Estate. Rogue Wave’s 2025 release narrative describes approximately 1.5 hectares and 70% shade; Altieri’s current plot page lists 2.5 hectares and 60% shade. The dated boundary and shade discrepancy remains documented rather than silently merged.

From the roaster

This Altieri Chombi Geisha is a direct trade coffee processed at a facility in Alto Lino, Boquete, where it undergoes the roaster's fermented-washed process.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A plot-specific Green Tip Gesha from Mima Estate with an unusually transparent fermented-washed protocol: exact harvest date, 18-hour wild-yeast fermentation, temperature range, washing method, drying sequence, and brew guidance are all published by the roaster.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Sort and depulp

Flotation removed low-density cherry before mechanical pulping.

Ferment

Mucilage-covered parchment fermented for 18 hours in tanks with wild yeast naturally present on the coffee, at roughly 15–20°C.

Wash

The coffee was washed with pressurized water without abrasive methods.

Dry and rest

It dried approximately seven days on African beds inside a greenhouse, then rested in a temperature- and humidity-controlled warehouse.

What was added?

No added fruit, flavoring, spice, or commercial microbial inoculant is disclosed; fermentation relied on naturally present wild yeast.

What wasn't added?

No co-ferment ingredient or post-roast flavoring is documented.

Why it matters

The controlled, short wild-yeast fermentation adds process transparency while remaining a traditional washed coffee rather than an ingredient-added process.

What you might taste

Rogue Wave lists apricot, golden raisin, lime leaf, pink grapefruit, and iced tea.

Sources for these process claims

· https://roguewavecoffee.ca/products/panama-altieri-chombi-geisha-fermented-washed-100g

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 2026-11-07) 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

Method: only independent tastings of the exact Rogue Wave 2025 fermented-washed Chombi release qualified. Beanwired is commerce metadata, and Cherrybook’s 73 is an evidence index that incorporates general roaster reputation. Natural-process Chombi coffees and other roasters’ releases were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Alto Quiel / Mima Estates →Meet the farmer: Eugene Altieri →

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Altieri Chombi Geisha

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

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DO TO THIS COFFEE?