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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇬🇹Guatemala · Huehuetenango

Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed

Roasted by Black & White Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsGuatemalaHuehuetenangoGeshaWashedLight roastLemonArabicaSingle originVista Al BosqueWilmar CastilloBlack & White Coffee RoastersOwned by FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
🇬🇹GuatemalaWashedGeshaLight roast
Brand
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇬🇹Guatemala
Region
Huehuetenango
Town
—
Farm / Station
Vista Al Bosque
Farmer / Producer
Wilmar Castillo
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
white flowers, Meyer lemon, oolong tea, turbinado sugar
Fermentation
48 hours aerobic
Drying
Sun-dried on African-style raised beds for 10–12 days
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • HARVESTThe exact product page does not publish a harvest month or crop year.
  • ROAST DATEThe roaster publishes its schedule, but no bag-specific roast date is available.
  • FORMAL GRADENo formal green-coffee grade is published; the profile uses Not specified.
  • NUMERIC PUBLIC RATINGThe qualifying exact-release firsthand source is qualitative and publishes no numeric score.
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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
    Wilmar Castillo - Gesha Washed
  2. 02
    The brand
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    Vista Al Bosque
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Wilmar Castillo
  7. 07
    The region
    Huehuetenango
  8. 08
    The country
    🇬🇹Guatemala
From the producer

Wilmar Castillo began working around coffee at age six with his father and brothers. About fifteen years before this release, he persuaded his family to move to Hoja Blanca, where he manages Vista Al Bosque between farms operated by two of his brothers.

From the roaster

MEET THE PRODUCER | Wilmar Castillo's coffee story began when he was just six years old, accompanying his father and his three older brothers while they worked on various coffee farms throughout the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. The years that followed were filled with a lot of hard work, but w

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A clean, classic washed Gesha from Wilmar Castillo’s Vista Al Bosque, documented with a complete fermentation and drying sequence rather than only a process label.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Peak-ripeness picking

Coffee cherries were picked at peak ripeness before pulping.

02
Aerobic fermentation

Depulped coffee underwent 48 hours of aerobic fermentation.

03
Washing

The fermented parchment was rinsed clean after fermentation.

04
Raised-bed sun drying

Coffee was sun-dried on African-style raised beds for 10–12 days until the target moisture content was reached.

What was added?

Nothing is disclosed as added during processing.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, inoculant, spices or post-roast flavoring are documented.

Why it matters

A defined aerobic fermentation followed by controlled raised-bed drying supports the release’s emphasis on clean florality and crisp citrus.

What you might taste

White flowers, Meyer lemon, oolong tea and turbinado sugar.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/products/r-wilmar-castillo-gesha-washed
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. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Vista Al Bosque →Meet the farmer: Wilmar Castillo →
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