Panama | Hacienda La Esmeralda - El Velo | Geisha | Natural

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Boquete

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Alto Quiel , Boquete, Chiriqui Elevation: 1800 masl About: Rudolph Peterson purchased Haci enda L a E s mer al da as a retirement venture in 1967, and his family has been tending to the land around the small town of Boquete ever since. In the early days, the land was primarily pasture for beef cattle, but over the years, the family transitioned to dairy cattle and coffee production. In 2004, the Peterson family, and Haci enda L a E s mer al da , took the coffee world by storm. That year's Best of Panama competition saw 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. reintroduced to the world, where it secured the highest price ever paid for coffee at auction. The Petersons now grow Geisha in many sections of their estate. This lot is from the Buena Vista section of El Velo, the newest of Haci enda L a E s mer al da ’s farms , neighboring other famed farms, such as Elida E s tat e and Mama Ca ta . While we’ve been purchasing coffees from the Peterson family for many years now, this is the first year purchasing coffees from El Velo – we can now say that we’ve completed the Peterson Family Trifecta.