Tasting Notes: Jasmine, Honey, Dried Fruit
Producer: Dwight Aguilar Masias
Region: Santa Teresa, Cusco, Peru
Growing Elevation: 1,900 masl
Process: Washed
Varietal: Yellow Gesha
This is our second offering from Dwight Aguilar Masias, a Cup of Excellence award winning producer we have been blessed to work with this past year. In line with our other limited release offerings, the cup is complex and well-balanced.
The fragrance is subtle, offering light floral notes and sugar-browning sweetness. Once water is poured, the aroma offers a bright, perfume-like note of jasmine. The first sip offers the sweetness of honey and clean floral notes. Once cooled, the cup maintains it's balance with the previous notes, but a slight dried fruit taste appears. The acidity is a low and rounded citrus similar to the pith of a lemon. The body is medium-thin reminiscent of a green tea. Order a bag online or stop by the shop to give it a try!
Dwight is a third-generation coffee farmer from Santa Teresa, Cusco. His grandparents emigrated from the Apurimac region and settled in Santa Teresa during the era of the Roman family estate. The land Dwight now farms was acquired by his father, Timoteo Aguilar, during the 1969 Peruvian Land Reform — the moment when the phrase 'the land belongs to those who work it' became reality.
Born and raised among the mountains and coffee fields, Dwight has always understood coffee as both livelihood and legacy. In 2009, driven by a desire to improve his craft, he traveled to Villa Rica in Pasco — considered one of Peru's finest coffee-producing regions — where he gained the technical knowledge he would bring home to transform his family farm.
Through dedication, competition, and continuous refinement, Dwight has brought international recognition to Peruvian specialty coffee — and to Santa Teresa specifically. Today, his coffees stand as a testament to what passion, perseverance, and generational knowledge can produce.
