| Our 2009 La Esmeralda Especial Geisha Mario, Pascua Lot is exceptional.
Special! FREE SHIPPING on any quantity of this coffee. Continental U.S. only. We will contact you with shipping prices to Canada, Hawaii & Alaska.
We chose our lot and were able to win the bid for it on the Esmeralda Geisha auction on May 28th. Our micro-lot is a late harvest (April) called Pascua and is from the same high altitude (1500-1650m) award-winning area of Mario in Jaramillo and not one of the new areas.
Weather has affected this year's crop, rendering yields down over 40%. Additionally, much of this coffee was purchased at auction by European and Far East clients, so the quantity here in the U.S. is significantly reduced. As such, La Esmeralda is available in very limited quantities! This same weather in 2009 affected flower setting and therefore berry and bean yield in 2010.
World's #1 Coffee at the Specialty Coffee Assn. annual Coffee of the Year competition in 2005, 2006, 2007, and #2 in 2008 and 2009. Over 100 of the world's best coffee enter this annual competition, and Panama's Esmeralda Geisha (gesha varietal) has been taking it, and the world, by storm. While #2 this year, the average score of the semi-final and final scores of Esmeralda Geisha was higher than the #1 coffee. It has also ranked #1 at the Best of Panama competition in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 (not entered in 2008), and took #1 in the 2009 Rainforest Alliance Cupping. Like no other coffee, the complex flavor of Esmeralda is often described as a coffee trying to be a tea. It smells like jasmine and coffee blossoms, with spectacular aromatic quality and hints of blackberry, mango, chocolate, nuts, lemon, and more. A "masterpiece" coffee by the Peterson family of Hacienda Esmeralda!
Cupping Notes: Mandarin Oranges, Jasmine, and Sugar Cane. "An aromatically rich coffee, with round jasmine notes and hints of mixed berry fruitiness. Balanced acidity, soft mouthfeel and a delicate lemony flavor, with hints of flowers and sweet toned fruit that deepen and become more opulent as the cup cools. The bitter-sweet, flavor-saturated finish fades but sweetens further in the long." Kenneth Davids, Coffeereview.com, Sept. 2009
This coffee scores in the 94-96 range - about as good as you can get.
Esmeralda Especial is the 2004, 2007, 2008 & 2009 #1 Rainforest Alliance Certified .
THESE BAGS ARE 12 OZ. OF ROASTED WHOLE BEAN COFFEE.
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