Panama | Elida Estate - Falda | Geisha | Natural

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Boquete

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Region: Alto Quiel, Boquete, Chiriqui Elevation: 1800 masl About: At this point, the Lamastus family legacy has become legendary. They have been growing coffee in the Boquete region of Panama for over 100 years and have won the Best of Panama competition multiple times with their 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., most recently placing first in the NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. Geisha category in the 2024 competition with a Geisha from Elida Estate. Wilford Lamastus and his son, Wilford Jr., manage the family's three farms high up in the cloudy rainforest of the Boquete region, on the edge of Volcán Barú National Park. In fact, more than half of Elida Estate is within the boundaries of the park. Elida Estate was their first farm to be planted with Geisha back in 2005, and they have been producing some of the best Geisha in the world ever since. In 2018 and 2019, Geisha from Elida won both the 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. and natural categories in the Best of Panama competition, something never seen before. This Geisha was grown on the Falda section of Elida, it was harvested on February 7th, 2025, and was processed using the traditional natural method to highlight the natural characteristics of the exceptional Geisha 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. as well as the beautiful terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. of Elida Estate.