Panama | Altieri Estate - Ale | Geisha | DFS Natural | Filter | 100g

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Boquete

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
  50
• Funky
  20

About: Eugene Altieri (Don Gene) started growing coffee in Boquete over 20 years ago. With no prior experience in the coffee industry but a keen business mind, Don Gene saw the potential for a thriving family business. The family's two farms, Alto Lino and Callejó n Seco are planted with Caturr a , Catua i , TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against., and GeishaGesha (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.. Altieri's Geisha has a storied lineage with exceptional quality; Don Gene purchase d Geisha seeds from the Peterson family of Hacienda La Esmeralda who reintroduced Geisha to the world in 2004, winning the Best of Panama competition. After Don Gene's retirement five years ago, the family business is now run by his children, Anna Lynn and Francisco, and farm manager Roger Pitti. All the Altieri family’s Geisha is planted at Callejó n Seco, just to the Southeast of the Volcán Barú National Park, and the different tablon s on the farm are named after Eugene’s grandchildren. This Geisha was processed using a special dry fermentation (DFS) method , where the coffee is partially dried on raised beds be fore undergoing a n anaerobic fermentationAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. , followed by a final drying stage in a dark temperature-controlled room.