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Origin: Panama

Estate Name: Panama Ninety Plus Barú Volcano Geisha Coffee Beans

Processing Method: Natural / Honey / Washed

Variety: 100% Arabica Geisha

Roast Level: Light Roast

Altitude: 1250-1650m

Shelf Life: Please refer to packaging

Flavor Profiles

Natural Process:

Wine fermentation aroma, peach, blueberry, floral notes, honey, strawberry, grape juice, rose essence, sweet cantaloupe, overall robust flavor with strong characteristics.

Honey Process:

Fruit wine aroma, peach, cherry, floral notes, ylang-ylang fragrance, mango jam, passion fruit jam, strawberry, rounded mouthfeel with excellent sweetness.

Washed Process:

Wine aroma, floral notes, strawberry, peach, berries, passion fruit, mango, overall clean flavor profile.

Coffee Flavor

Coffee flavor comes from various nutrients in green coffee beans that thermally degrade into different aromatic molecular structures during roasting, creating flavors similar to various aromas. Quality coffee beans naturally have rich aromas and exhibit different natural aroma changes at high, medium, and low temperatures, which is very pleasant and worth savoring slowly.

Panama Ninety Plus Barú Geisha

1. Natural: Wine fermentation aroma, peach, blueberry, floral notes, honey, strawberry, grape juice, rose essence, sweet cantaloupe, overall robust flavor with strong characteristics.

2. Honey: Fruit wine aroma, peach, cherry, floral notes, ylang-ylang fragrance, mango jam, passion fruit jam, strawberry, rounded mouthfeel with excellent sweetness.

3. Washed: Wine aroma, floral notes, strawberry, peach, berries, passion fruit, mango, overall clean flavor profile.

Ninety Plus (90+) is an internationally renowned green coffee production company, known worldwide for providing rare and unique green coffee beans. In addition to direct cooperation with coffee farmers, they own a 134-hectare coffee estate in Panama.

Founded in 2007, Ninety Plus began operations the following year, and since then, we can see traces of Ninety Plus award-winning coffees in various coffee competitions worldwide. For example, in the 2017 World Brewers Cup, Taiwanese competitor Wang Ce used 90+ Geisha as his selected bean, ultimately winning the annual championship.

The Ninety Plus Panama estate is located near Barú Volcano, in a unique area between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The unique microclimate produces high-quality, captivating specialty coffee.

Geisha/Gesha Variety

Forbes once rated Geisha as "one of the world's ten most expensive coffees," but now it's not just one of them—it's the most expensive coffee! In July 2017, Geisha green beans from Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda set a sky-high price of $601 per pound. However, on September 13th, Ninety Plus (90+) Geisha coffee auctioned for $50,001.5 per kilogram—that's 150,000 New Taiwan Dollars per kilogram of green beans!

Whether called Geisha, Gesha, or "艺妓" (in Chinese), its name comes from Ethiopia's Geisha Mountain. Its pronunciation is the same as the Japanese Geisha, so Chinese people refer to it as "艺妓."

Geisha has excellent aroma, with characteristic Geisha floral notes and jasmine fragrance. It has bright fruit acidity, such as tamarind, lychee, apple, and orange, with a sweet and clean aftertaste and a very smooth mouthfeel.

Coffee Processing Methods

This refers to the process of turning mature red coffee fruits into dried green beans. Each processing method has its pros and cons, influenced by different natural environments and needs of the producing regions, so each region has its suitable processing methods. The processing methods for this batch of coffee beans are briefly described below:

Natural / Sundried / Dry Process

Also known as natural drying or non-washed processing, this method involves drying harvested coffee fruits in the sun before removing the husk. During the prolonged sun exposure, the beans absorb flavors from the fruit skin and pulp, making the coffee's sweetness and body fuller, easily creating unique aromas.

Honey / Pulped Natural / Semi-dry Process

Between natural and washed processing, this method removes the skin and pulp while retaining the mucilage for sun drying. The "honey" term comes from the very sticky mucilage layer, which feels as sticky as honey. The mucilage layer retains high proportions of sugar and acidity, which is key to honey processing, producing flavors between natural and washed methods.

Washed / Wet Process

After removing the skin and pulp, the beans are soaked and fermented in fermentation tanks to clear the remaining mucilage on the parchment, then washed with water. This process yields the rich acidity that is one of the characteristics of specialty coffee.

Ninety Plus pioneered the exclusive Solkiln™ special processing method, using wood drying chambers to dry coffee beans. After wood is harvested, it is typically placed in wood drying chambers where temperature, humidity, and air circulation are controlled and adjusted to reduce the moisture content of green beans to 10-12%.

Geisha Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

The Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda - Blue Label Geisha coffee beans roasted by FrontStreet Coffee offer full guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they offer extremely high cost performance, with each 100-gram package priced at only 120 yuan. Calculating at 15 grams of coffee beans per cup, one package can make 6 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only about 20 yuan. Compared to coffee shops that often charge over 100 yuan per cup, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

FrontStreet Coffee: A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find various famous and lesser-known beans. They also provide online store services at https://shop104210103.taobao.com

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