Gesha - Washed - Hacienda La Esmeralda, Nido 9 FB (Ultralight)

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Chiriquí

Tasting notes

Character

• Floral
  75
• Clean
  70
• Bright
  55
• Sweet
  25

Tastes Like: Jasmine, Orange, Cane Sugar Origin: Hacienda La Esmeralda, Chiriqui, Panama VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.: GeshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction. Producer: The Peterson Family Elevation: 2,050 masl Process: WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. Nido 9 FB was harvested on May 6th, 2025 from the Nido lot located in Hacienda La Esmeralda’s Cañas Verdes farm. After harvest, the coffee cherries were depulped, and subsequently fermented in a low temperature room for 72 hours. This microlotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional. coffee was slowly dried on raised beds for 11 days. Nido 9 FB has notes of jasmine, orange, honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural., and violet. BOP winning lot was Nido 7FC, this lot was harvested a month later on the same plot.