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Panamanian Esmeralda Geisha Hacienda Estate Lot #5

December 31, 2008 in tasting notes | Comments (0)

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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

December 20, 2008 in tasting notes | Comments (0)

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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

November 29, 2008 in special | Comments (0)

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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.


2008 Panama Esmeralda Geisha

August 20, 2008 in special | Comments (0)

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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.

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