Arabica / Colombia

Franky Hoyos - Gesha Tropical

Black & White Coffee Roasters

Franky Hoyos - Gesha Tropical by Black & White Coffee Roasters: Colombia arabica, with attributed references to orange, mango, guava.

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Franky Hoyos - Gesha Tropical — product reference supplied with the Black & White Coffee Roasters listing.

The coffee data sheet

Coffee at a glance.

Species
Arabica
Origin
Colombia
Region
Pitalito, Huila
Process
Advanced Washed
Roast
Light
Farm / producer
Franky Hoyos
Variety
Gesha
Altitude
1650 m
Harvest
Not supplied
Lot identifier
Not supplied

Source-reported facts · Unknown harvest and lot details remain unknown.

The documented profile

OrangeMangoGuava

Attributed descriptors, not measured flavor intensities. See the sources below.

CitrusTropical fruit

Flavor families classify the listed descriptors; they are not intensity or quality scores. Character bands below explain what is documented and what is still unknown.

Reading the cup

Coffee character.

The outlined band shows the reported or estimated level. These describe the cup; higher is not better.

Reported · Source descriptionEstimated · Editorial interpretation, untested

Roast level

Reported
  1. Light
  2. Medium-light
  3. Medium
  4. Medium-dark
  5. Dark

Placed at the roast band given by the source. This is a label, not an instrument-measured roast color. Source ↗

What does roast level mean?

The roast degree of the bean; separate from sweetness, body and quality.

Acidity

Estimated · low confidence
  1. Gentle
  2. Moderate
  3. Bright

Fruit descriptors with a lighter roast suggest a bright cup as a working hypothesis. Acidity intensity has not been measured. Reference for estimate ↗

What does acidity mean?

The perceived brightness or tartness of the cup, not a quality score.

Sweetness

Estimated · low confidence
  1. Subtle
  2. Noticeable
  3. Pronounced

Without explicit sweet-associated descriptors, we provisionally expect subtler sweetness. Absence from the notes is weak evidence, so this estimate needs tasting. Reference for estimate ↗

What does sweetness mean?

How strong the sweet impression feels. Sweet-sounding notes can inform a guess, but do not measure its intensity.

Body / mouthfeel

Estimated · low confidence
  1. Light
  2. Rounded
  3. Full

We provisionally expect a lighter texture alongside this lighter, fruit-led profile. Flavor and roast are weak clues to mouthfeel, so this needs tasting. Reference for estimate ↗

What does body / mouthfeel mean?

The perceived weight and texture of the coffee, separate from roast darkness.

Finish

Estimated · low confidence
  1. Brief
  2. Sustained
  3. Lingering

A sustained finish is our low-confidence baseline in the absence of a duration description. The notes and processing do not establish how long the flavor lasts; tasting may move this band in either direction. Reference for estimate ↗

What does finish mean?

How long the flavors remain after a sip, rather than how good they are.

Coarse descriptive bands, not laboratory measurements or cupping category scores. Brewing changes the cup. Missing descriptions receive low-confidence editorial guesses, which can change after tasting.

Our take

The orange / mango / guava references make this a candidate for readers exploring the fruit and floral side of the library. Compare the documented process and roast alongside those notes: a shared fruit name alone does not imply the same acidity or texture.

Who it suits

Use Franky Hoyos - Gesha Tropical as a comparison point if orange, mango, guava interest you. The source gives lighter as its roast label. We normalize this brand-relative wording into a broad band; it is not an Agtron reading or a calibrated comparison between roasters.

Behind the coffee

Black & White Coffee Roasters identifies this offering with Colombia / Pitalito, Huila, from Franky Hoyos. The documented variety reference is Gesha. The source describes advanced washed processing. Availability is a dated product-catalog observation and can change before you visit the retailer.

Reading the evidence

This is an original researched review of a roaster offering, not a robusta.co tasting. No attributable cupping total was captured for this record, so we leave the score absent. The outlined character bands are untested estimates unless marked reported. Harvest and exact lot identity remain unconfirmed; a future crop should receive its own record rather than inherit these notes.

On the taste landscape

Where this coffee sits.

ROAST LEVELDarkLightCocoa / nutsFruit / floralsFLAVOR PROFILE
Franky Hoyos - Gesha TropicalNearby coffees

Full map scale · Up to twelve nearby profiles. Display offsets match the full map; hollow dots use estimated roast positions. Proximity describes flavor and roast placement, not quality or identical taste.

Orange, Mango, Guava support a fruit/floral-led editorial placement. This is a comparison aid, not a measured flavor intensity. Roast uses the roaster’s relative label “lighter”, normalized to the broad Light band.

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Evidence & context

Where this review starts.

Original editorial writing from attributed public information. This coffee has not been tasted by robusta.co. Brewing suggestions, where included, are untested starting points unless stated otherwise.

Updated October 2, 2026. Missing lot identity remains unknown. A historical score never automatically applies to a later offering.

Follow the flavor

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Connections from documented notes, species, processing, and editorial map placement; not predictions of identical taste.

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