Hacienda La Esmeralda - Buenos Aires 4NC
Hacienda La Esmeralda is easily one of the most respected producers in coffee, often known as the birthplace of Panama Geisha. We are excited to feature this geisha for its deeply complex, juicy, and expressive profile. This lot is very limited.
100g
Hacienda La Esmeralda - Buenos Aires 4NC
September Coffee Roastery
119 Iber Road
Unit 9
Ottawa ON K2S 1E7
Canada
- Variety: Geisha
- Country: Panama
- Region: Boquete, Panama
- Process: Natural
- Altitude: 1674 MASL
- Producer: Hacienda La Esmeralda
- Farm: Buenos Aires
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
We get delicate florals like jasmine with a deep sweetness reminding us of juicy red apples, and sweet Jolly Rancher candies. This coffee has a silky body, a bright malic acidity, and a sparkling lingering finish.
Funky
Experimental
About The Producer
Hacienda La Esmeralda, owned by the Peterson family, is a well-known name in the specialty coffee world. Their team is responsible for Geisha’s rise to prominence in Central America, having believed in the variety from the very beginning and continually demonstrating its potential over the years. The lands that make up Hacienda La Esmeralda were first brought together as a single estate by a man named Hands Elliot in 1940. In 1967, Rudolph A. Peterson bought the land as a retirement venture, unaware of how the lands would shape Panama’s place in coffee history.
Processing
After harvest, the cherries were dried for 48 days on raised beds in our climate - controlled drying room. An indoor facility with constant airflow and precise temperature and humidity control.
Variety
This variety was originally collected from coffee forests in Ethiopia in the 1930s. From there, it was sent to the Lyamungu research station in Tanzania and then brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Central America in 1953. It was distributed throughout Panama via CATIE in the 1960s after it had been recognized for tolerance to coffee leaf rust. However, the plant's branches were brittle and not favored by farmers so it was not widely planted. The coffee came to prominence in 2004 when the Peterson family of Boquete, Panama, entered it into the "Best of Panama" competition and auction. It received exceptionally high marks and broke the then-record for green coffee auction prices, selling for over $20/pound. There is significant confusion about the Geisha variety because there are multiple genetically distinct plant types that have been referred to as Geisha, many of which share similar geographic origins in Ethiopia. Recent genetic diversity analyses conducted by World Coffee Research confirm that Panamanian Geisha descendent from T2722 is distinct and uniform. It is associated with extremely high cup quality when the plants are managed well at high altitude, and is known for its delicate floral, jasmine, and peach-like aromas.
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