How Does Panamanian Geisha Coffee Taste?

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FrontStreet Coffee · What Does Panama Geisha Coffee Taste Like?

Floral notes, tropical fruits, and intense sweetness; with proper roasting, they give you a feeling as if you're sipping the fragrance of a fresh bouquet of flowers. It originated as an ancient heirloom variety from Ethiopia, brought to Costa Rica's coffee experimental garden as a coffee sample and distributed to several small farms for small-scale trial cultivation.

For a long time, not many people paid attention to Geisha, until one day when Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda (Emerald) Estate separated it from other varieties and won the national coffee competition championship.

The fruit flavors and floral elements are remarkably similar to those from Yirgacheffe in Ethiopia, Africa, on the other side of the globe. Of course, some small farms have now obtained Geisha varieties and are eager to try growing their own Geisha coffee.

However, the results vary. Influenced by weather, soil, and altitude, this "star" variety seems to taste quite different when planted in various geographical locations. Nevertheless, in the Aktunango region, we see typical Geisha characteristics: elongated bean shape, changes during roasting, and elegant, refined flavors in the cup.

FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Coffee Bean Introduction

Panama coffee beans are smooth, lightweight, and have balanced acidity, making them suitable for medium roasting. Panama coffee beans come in a wide variety of cultivars, including Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon, Pacamara, Maragogipe, Geisha, and many more.

FrontStreet Coffee · Characteristics of Panama Coffee Beans

The characteristics of Panama coffee come from volcanic ash soil and unique microclimates. The flavor profile of Panama coffee beans includes jasmine, citrus, ripe fruits, berries, caramel, special sweetness, vanilla, chocolate, and various other flavors.

FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Coffee Growing Regions

Superior coffee cultivation in Panama is located in the northern part of the country, near Costa Rica and close to the Pacific coast. Panama coffee produced in the Boquet district of Chiriqui province is very famous. Other regions include the David growing region, Remacimeinto growing region, Bugaba growing region, Candela coffee growing region, and Tole growing region. Café Volcan Barú shows promising momentum; this Panama coffee region has exceptionally high quality, with production reaching 2,000 bags in 1994, accounting for 1% of the country's total output.

FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Coffee Characteristics

Panama coffee characteristics are very smooth, lightweight, and have balanced acidity. Its premium coffee beans offer pure and distinctive flavors. The first batch of coffee exported each year ships in November, with almost all premium coffee beans sent to France and Finland.

FrontStreet Coffee · Geisha Coffee Introduction

The Geisha coffee variety was discovered in the Geisha forest of Ethiopia in 1931 and then sent to the Coffee Research Institute in Kenya. In 1936, it was introduced to Uganda and Tanzania. Costa Rica introduced it in 1953. Panama began growing Geisha coffee in the 1970s when Mr. Francisco Serracin from the Tumba Gí farm received seeds from CATIE in Costa Rica and started cultivating Geisha coffee. Because Geisha coffee has extremely low yields and must participate in bidding, this bean can be said to be hard-won.

FrontStreet Coffee · Geisha Coffee Beans

Panama Geisha coffee beans are a very rare coffee variety that has continuously caused sensations among coffee connoisseurs worldwide for more than the past 5 years. Geisha coffee beans are considered the brightest, most complex, and intensely aromatic coffee variety. Geisha coffee trees grow at very high altitudes and have beautiful, elongated leaves. Geisha coffee fruits and raw Geisha coffee beans are also slightly more elongated compared to other premium high-altitude coffees. Geisha has full sweetness, an extremely clean口感, and rich aromas that range from berries and citrus to mango, papaya, and peach flavors. A very distinct bergamot-like aftertaste is also one of its typical cupping attributes. Geisha coffee beans are often champions among coffee varieties. Geisha coffee beans have medium body in cupping evaluation, sweet, multi-layered tropical fruit flavors, with rose-like aromatic aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee · Geisha Coffee Brewing Recommendation: Siphon

Panama Geisha coffee beans, as the cream of the crop in specialty coffee, are suitable for brewing with siphon coffee makers, which can fully showcase the characteristics and flavors of Geisha coffee. Besides using siphon, Geisha is also suitable for drinking with more natural brewing methods like pour-over drip.

FrontStreet Coffee · Geisha Red Label, Green Label, and Blue Label

What do the Geisha red label, green label, and blue label distinctions represent?

La Esmeralda Geisha has 3 brands, divided by altitude:

Auction Geisha (ESMERALDA SPECIAL) (Red Label), specially selected from altitudes above 1550 meters.

Boquete Geisha (Green Label), specially selected from 1500 meters.

(ESMERALDA 1,500) (Blue Label), specially selected from Geisha varieties around 1500 meters altitude.

The term "Green Label" generally appears within the Geisha variety. Red Label Geisha participates in global auction bidding every May. Green Label does not participate in auctions but is equally high quality, with a slightly lower price. Buyers of Red Label get priority purchasing rights for Green Label.

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