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Panamanian Esmeralda Geisha Hacienda Estate Lot #5

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:26:34 +0000

The aroma from the cup is a mix of lemon and traditional coffee tones, with a sweet, funky-meaty-gauva tropical note. What jumps to mind on first taste is honey-lemon tea, and that is the theme for this exceptional coffee. The complex citrus blend of bright, fresh lemons and bitter Seville oranges are intertwined in a duet of floral chords and exotic, fragrant honey. The citric acid bitterness carries through to the finish and surprisingly delivers a very deep smokiness, continuing with florals and fruit. This acts much more like an assertive tea than a coffee and will reward one with a little sugar, but no milk.

Panama 2008 Esmeralda Geisha Hacienda Estate Lot #10

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:21:25 +0000

The intense aroma is clearly fruit with sweet florals that run rich and deep, like a stroll through an orchard in bloom. The initial taste of passion fruit and other tropical fruits is what is immediately prominent, with a load of tart acidity. What follows is a wildly complex combination of peach-apricot nectar, honeysuckle and jasmine, with a sweet, grapy-violet note (like what one thinks of when one visualizes Choward’s Violet Candy). Then, there is the forever long, strong finish where the Seville oranges emerge. This is a rare, unusual and impressive coffee that has a lot in common with a silver-tip Jasmine tea and one will be rewarded by treating it like that in the cup: no milk, maybe a little sugar.

Recommended Brewing Instructions
14g of coffee to 8oz of water
Medium-to-slightly-coarse grid
Single cup drip
200-205 degree water

Panamanian Esmeralda Geisha Hacienda Estate Lot #2

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:43:41 +0000

Peregrine Coffee has two batches available of what is considered by many to be the finest coffee in the world — Esmeralda Special Geisha Lot Number 2, the coffee that commanded the highest price at any auction last year.

Walnut Bridge Coffee House Tasting

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:48:03 +0000

Today’s coffee tasting went exceptionally well. A special thanks to Mike and Edna for hosting; Jen and Kristen for helping; Cameron for running the show; and to Cory, Pat, Scott, Becky, May, Karen, Pat, Sue, Dan and Janet and Don for joining us this morning. We sampled the following: Panama Robusta Rustico, Colombia Huila Piedras de San Augustin (light and dark), Brazil Cerrado and the Kenya Kiamaina Estate.

Good to the Last Drop

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:48:13 +0000

September 12, 2008

Good to the Last Drop

Peregrine Bespoke Coffee Service

We awoke to find a man taking over our kitchen. We thought, Should we beat him with this baseball bat?

But he offered us great coffee, and we decided he’d go unharmed.

The man was Kevin Lawrence, owner of Peregrine Coffee. He came over to let us try his bespoke coffee service (we had no intention of ever beating him).

He brought five beans (Colombian, Kenyan, Indian, Guatemalan, and Panamanian) that he ground and brewed while asking which flavors we wanted first thing in the morning. We sipped and sampled, then ordered our favorite batch. Which he will now deliver, fresh roasted, every week, month, or as we need it.

The coffee was good. Real good.

And Lawrence escaped, although we considered holding him hostage.
Available online at peregrinecoffee.com.

Daily Candy

September 2008 Peregrinations: Panama Guyami Indian Robusta Rustico

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:53:39 +0000

At Peregrine Coffee we love to explore. Not only the different regions of the coffee-growing world, but also the variety of coffee species. The high-quality Arabica and the low-quality, weed-like Robusta are most common. Robusta is typically used to “fill the bag,” boost the caffeine content and add bite to cut through milk and create denser crema in espresso. Alone, Robusta typically has a burnt rubber, wet cardboard taste. However, this month, we have a small lot of Panama Guyami Indian Robusta — an extremely high-quality Robusta that has been tended more like a prize plant rather than a weed. This very atypical Robusta has a singular flavor of dark, dark chocolate. The aroma is more complex with some spices, nuts, and cedar-y tones. This leaves a bone-dry mouth feel — the opposite of silky — and the finish has a slight nutty, papery taste. The french press brewing method works very well with this unusual bean.

2008 Panama Esmeralda Geisha

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:04:00 +0000

Peregrine Coffee is excited to announce that we have purchased one pound green of lot #2 Special Reserve (the most exclusive, coveted and expensive coffee in the world at any auction in 2008), two pounds green of lot #10 and one pound green of lot #5 of the famed Panama Esmeralda Geisha. Expected arrival is late August. Please call Kevin at (215) 240-4474 to discuss purchasing and roasting arraignments. Priced on request.

http://www.haciendaesmeralda.com