The Proper Way to Brew Panama Morgan Geisha Coffee Beans and Pricing Guide

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Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Content: 100g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Coffee Bean Raw/Roasted Degree: Roasted coffee beans
Contains Sugar: Sugar-free
Origin: Panama
Roasting Degree: Light roast

Panama Finca Morgan Geisha Volcan Natura

Country: Panama

Variety: Geisha

Region: Volcan, Chiriqui, Panama

Roasting Degree: Light roast

Processing Method: Natural process

Estate: Finca Morgan

Flavor: Rose aroma, grape, lychee

Hand Brew Instructions

To hand-brew Finca Morgan, use 15g of coffee at a medium-fine grind (setting 3.5 on a Fuji ghost-tooth grinder), a V60 dripper, and 91-93°C water. First pour 30g of water and let it bloom for 27 seconds. Continue pouring to 105g, then pause. Once the water level drops halfway, resume pouring slowly until you reach 225g total, and discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

The Geisha Story

"Geisha" is pronounced the same as the Japanese word for "geisha," which is why it is also known as "geisha coffee." Because the Geisha tree grows taller than typical coffee trees, it was originally planted in a small section of the estate and used as a windbreak. To enter the annual Best of Panama competition, the owner's son searched through every coffee variety on the estate for something to test, and that gave Geisha its chance to debut. It has since competed around the world and won a total of eleven championships.

The Geisha variety was discovered in 1931 in the Geisha forest of Ethiopia and then sent to Kenya's Coffee Research Institute. In 1936 it was introduced to Uganda and Tanzania, and in 1953 Costa Rica brought it in. For a long time few people paid Geisha any attention, until one day Don Pachi first carried it from the small town of GESHA in southwestern Ethiopia to Costa Rica. Geisha later reached Panama by the southern route. Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda separated it from other varieties, and it quickly won the national coffee competition championship.

Geisha has rich sweetness, an extremely clean cup, and abundant aromas that range from berries and citrus to mango, papaya, and peach. A very distinct bergamot-like aftertaste is another of its typical cupping characteristics. To this day, Geisha remains the champion among coffee varieties.

About Finca Morgan

Finca Morgan lies southwest of Baru Volcano, Panama's highest peak. The estate covers roughly five hectares, with an average of 2,000 coffee trees per hectare. Because of the plants' growth habits and the estate's cultivation philosophy, only part of the coffee trees bear fruit in any given season. The cherries are carefully selected and processed, and only small amounts of coffee ever reach the market.

Finca Morgan is influenced at once by the Atlantic monsoon and the Pacific monsoon. The microclimate within the estate is rich and varied, with large day-to-night temperature swings. This slows the ripening of the cherries, allowing fuller development and greater sweetness. Because of the high altitude, the terrain is mostly mountainous, with coffee planted on steep slopes, which makes managing the trees and harvesting the fruit more difficult. When a tree is found with pests or disease, the estate removes the entire tree and renews the soil to isolate the problem and protect the remaining healthy trees.

All of this keeps Finca Morgan's green bean prices high on the market, with buyers who are essentially competition baristas within the industry. These top baristas believe that whether a coffee becomes a great cup is decided while it is still a green bean, or even a seed. With a Geisha like Finca Morgan's, its destiny as an extraordinary cup is already set from the moment it is a green bean.

Flavor Description: Rose aroma, grape, lychee, along with grape, lychee, and dark berry flavors, with multi-layered sweet and tart notes.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Panama Geisha has become the world's most sought-after champion variety, and FrontStreet's top-tier Esmeralda Red Label Geisha is the clearest expression of it: harvested from a single plot at 1,700 meters and above, cupping at 91 points, with an exquisite honeyed citrus profile. FrontStreet's Esmeralda Green Label Geisha, known in full as the "Private Collection," blends lots from several plots rather than emphasizing one, showcasing Esmeralda's signature high-altitude Geisha character at a more accessible price. For newcomers who simply want to taste the legendary Geisha flavor, FrontStreet's Boquete Geisha is an estate-level entry point grown at 1,600 meters in Panama's classic Boquete region, giving the honeyed citrus, oolong-tea feel, and delicate fruit-sweet layers at a friendly price.