LIMITED | PANAMA | Los Lajones | Geisha | Washed

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Graciano Cruz is something of an enigma. A scientist, coffee producer, party animal, visionary, and ecologist. It's impossible to succinctly describe him - there aren't enough words. He's a wild man – and we think he's awesome! In addition to his two farms in Panama, Graciano also operates in El Salvador and works on projects in Ethiopia, Peru, Taiwan, and Brazil. The highest sections of Los Lajones sit at a staggering 2,100 metres above sea level, and it’s on these upper sections that Graciano's 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. grows amongst the wild native cloudy rainforest. Prior to the 2024 harvest, Graciano had exclusively processed his coffees using the 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. or 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. methods . But, this year, he decided to try something he’d never done before – to process some of his coffees using 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. method. We couldn’t be more excited to present the first ever washed geisha from Los Lajones . This coffee is reminiscent of a classic Washed Panamanian Geisha, packed with floral and citrus notes – but also some of those funkyFunky / lacticTasting language for deliberate fermentation flavor: yogurt-like tang (lactic), winey or boozy notes, overripe fruit. A feature in experimental lots, a defect in classic ones. tropical notes that we love from Graciano’s coffees.