Eugene Altieri • Washed-Processed Gesha from Altieri Family Farms

Recommended Roast Level

City (Light)

Tasting Notes

This coffee is among the most expensive coffees we’ve ever purchased. Sure, it comes from one of the most rich and beautiful regions for growing gesha in the world, but what is more important to us is it comes from a wonderful relationship we have in the industry. In the mountains of Boquete rests an immaculate production run by the Altieri family. In about 2013, Eugene had cold-call- emailed Matt looking to sell some of his green coffee to us. Little did we know that email began a relationship of over a decade and involved some of our best coffees. We as a family visited the Altieri’s in person in the spring of 2025, where we shared a meal with Eugene and his daughter, Anna Lynn, toured their estates, cupped coffees, and of course selected this beautiful gesha.

-Jonathan

Altieri Family Farms Coffee Production

Altieri Specialty Coffee is a family-owned group of coffee-growing farms from Boquete in Panama, founded by Eugene Altieri, an Italian American businessman residing in Panama. They have two farms located in Boquete, called Mima Estate in the area of Callejon Seco and Pipim Estate in the area of Alto Lino. They produce varieties of Geisha, Typica, Catuai, and Caturra. These prize-winning coffees are grown on the Eastern slope of the Baru Volcano, surrounded by the virgin cloud forests of the Baru National Park, at a height of between 1,600 and 2,200 meters above sea level, in an area known as Callejón Seco and Alto Lino. This area consists of volcanic soil, drained on the slope of the volcanic mountain, at an altitude where winds from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans collide creating microclimates different from the rest of the country. After fifteen years of coffee growing and earning various awards, the second generation of the Altieri family is following Eugeneʼs legacy, working together to expand the Altieri Specialty Coffee brand.

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