Panama | Elida Estate - Torre | Geisha | ASD DRD Natural

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Boquete

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
  50
• Funky
  20

Region: Los Naranjos , Boquete, Chiriqui Elevation: 1700 masl About: At this point, t he 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 1 st 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 E s tat e . 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 the Volcan Baru National Park. Elida E s tat e 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 the natural categories in the Best of Panama competition, something never seen before! This Geisha was grown in the Torre section of Elida (the first section to be planted, back in 2005) and was processed using an innovative new processing technique, utilizing both Wilford’s custom-built reactive fermenters and a brand-new temperature-controlled dark room to precisely dry the coffee.