Panama Black Moon Orion Gesha (Barista Championship Winning Lot 2023)
Black Moon Farm is located in Alto Quiel, Boquete, Chiriquí at an elevation of 1,700 to 1,780 m.a.s.l. The farm used to be a vegetable farm with degraded and eroded soil. Owner and Q Grader, Hunter Tedman, aims to restore soil fertility and microbial life through regenerative agriculture. In 2018, when the first coffee trees were planted, an additional four thousand trees of different species were added to grow a biodiverse forest canopy. Some species have been specifically planted to support the growth of the coffee trees under their shade, others to help trap nitrogen and others to produce food for the animals that help with pollination. Hunter’s goal is to establish a clean coffee production by trapping as much of the generated carbon back into the soil to naturally fertilize it.
In 2022, Black Moon Farm had its first Gesha harvest. Their Natural and Washed lots scored 93.5 and 92.5 respectively in SCAP’s 2022 BoP event.
This was the same coffee that Gio Visitacion brewed at the World Barista Championship 2024.
