World's #1 Coffee at the Specialty Coffee Assn. annual cuppings in 2005, 2006 & 2007. Over 100 of the world's best coffees enter this competition. The Gesha (or geisha) variety of coffee has been taking the coffee world by storm. It has also ranked #1 at the Panama Best of Panama competition for the last four years. It is like no other coffee. Very complex. Described as a coffee trying to be a tea. It smells like jasmine, coffee blossoms with spectacular aromatic qualtiy with a lemon finish. Grows above 5,000 ft. by
Hacienda Esmeralda. A "masterpiece" coffee.
Esmeralda Especial is the 2007 #1 Rainforest Alliance Certified .