Panama - Abu Geisha GN-1730 | Double Phased Anaerobic Natural - 100g - Archived

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama· Boquete

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40

One Roast Only - Roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. June 10 The cherries for this lot were hand collected at the optimum point of maturation, then hand-selected and floated with mountain spring water. The whole cherries were fermented for 48 hours in open tanks. Once this first stage was finished, the cherries went through a second phase of an anaerobicAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. dry processNatural 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. for 120 hours. After that fermentation was completed, the cherries were transferred manually to African raised beds to be sun-dried for 25 days. More about Abu Coffee Panama ABU COFFEE was named to honor the memory of José Guillermo Luttrell Tedman, the third generation of coffee producers, and to continue his dream of achieving what he considered the best-balanced coffee cup; a 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. raised with the highest standards of quality. That is why “ABU” (short for Abuelo, grandfather in Spanish), as his grandchildren used to call him, represents the legacy of this visionary and passionate lover of Boquete and specialty coffee that we want to preserve for the generations to come. We have been working with the current producer, the younger José Luttrell for a few years and have visited his farm, and gotten to know his family. Recommended resting time: 20-30 days