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Panama Esmeralda Special Trapiche auction lot

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    Panama Esmeralda Special Trapiche auction lot

    Cup Characteristics: Beautiful aromatics, floral jasmine, chocolate, rose hip, fruit loops, chocolate. Bergamot, ripe red and black berries, green melon and oranges in the cup. The mouth-feel is super sweet, big body, juicy, jammy and rich. Bright acidity, very citric, redolent with lemons, jasmine and heady scents and tastes. The coffee has both power and delicacy. You know those flavors and scents are present, yet none of them overpower you or one another, presenting a harmonious unity.

    $45.00
     

    This Willoughby's Serious Select coffee be roasted and shipped on Wednesday 9/3 only, subject to availability

    A full pound of Esmeralda auction lot Trapiche (for the price of 12 ounces). For the past 2 weeks we have been offering very special coffees that were held over from 2013 and which were kept in excellent condition. This week's coffee is the final offering any 2013 Serious Select coffee and the third geisha coffee in a row. Rare treats at unusual value pricing. This time a full pound of geisha from the people who put it on the world coffee map at a discounted price.

    Years ago Price Peterson, patriarch of Panama's Hacienda Esmeralda, brought a native Ethiopian seed variety called Geisha to the mountains of Panama. It was planted along with other experimental seedlings in an effort to discover what might grow well in their microclimate. A few years later when the first cherries were mature enough to taste a superstar was born! The geisha went on to break auction record after record, sought by coffee aficianados the world over.

    In recent years, because of the very limited supply and extreme demand, Hacienda Esmeralda has an annual private auction where bidders from around the globe participate. Lots are divided by specific growing areas on the farm and/or period of harvest. Bidders cup all of the lots. Even though they are all grown from the same seed there are variations in flavor based on specific location, hours of sunlight, harvest, etc. In all the auction lots were divided into nine groups of which we purchased three.

    • Lot name: Trapiche
    • Growing Region: Cañas Verdes
    • Altitude: 1650 meters
    • Harvest: March 2013

    The property lot they call Trapiche is grown at one of the farm's highest elevations.


     

    Award night in Panama with The Peterson's of Hacienda La Esmeralda.
    Clockwise: Bob Williams, Price, Rachel and Susan Peterson,
    Barry Levine, Daniel Peterson.