How to Brew Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda Red Label Geisha Coffee Beans_Cold Brew Red Label Geisha Brewing Reference

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Panama Coffee Estate - Hacienda La Esmeralda

Hacienda La Esmeralda consists of 4 farms: Cañas Verdes, El Velo, Jaramillo, and Palmira. All coffee beans are sent to these 4 farms for post-processing. The Peterson family, the estate owners, first purchased the Palmira farm.

Esmeralda Estate's "Red Label," "Green Label," and "Blue Label"!

After years of experimentation, Hacienda La Esmeralda discovered that only Geisha beans harvested from coffee trees growing at altitudes above 1,400 meters can showcase the special flavors that Geisha beans should have. Therefore, the primary grading is based on planting altitude, supplemented by actual cupping results, to divide Geisha beans into "Red, Green, and Blue Label" grades.

Red Label [Auction Batch]

• ⇒ Grown at altitude 1,600-1,800 meters
• ⇒ Cupping score above 90 points
• ⇒ Mainly produced from Jaramillo and Cañas Verdes estates, also the highest quality Geisha beans
• ⇒ Geisha beans harvested from the highest points of the Boquete mountains, possessing special, bright floral and citrus aromas
• ⇒ This grade of coffee is post-processed into natural or washed processed green beans, with yeast processing method added in 2018
• ⇒ Can only be purchased through the annual global auction

Of course, the extremely low yield is just an excuse for the high price. The real fascination is the flavor that surpasses all coffee in the world, which is the most important reason why Geisha is exceptionally valuable. Currently, Geisha is mainly from Panama and Colombia, and recently, Geisha Village has also appeared.

Panama Geisha Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha is the king of specialty coffee, commonly known as "Red Label Geisha," with high quality and naturally high price. It takes your taste buds to an ethereal world. Red Label Geisha is harvested from areas above 1,600 meters altitude and participates in the global auction every May.

Hacienda La Esmeralda is located on the slopes of Baru Volcano, the highest peak in Boquete, western Panama. The mild climate, fertile volcanic soil, appropriate rainfall, and varied microclimate create perfect natural conditions for coffee cultivation. In 2017, Panama Geisha Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha won the natural process championship... which should be the 18th championship trophy. To stand out among many strong competitors year after year, in addition to the delicious genes of Geisha beans, good coffee estate management, harvesting, and processing are absolutely essential.

In the online public auction, the results of the latest "Best of Panama" auction in 2017 were released. The highest price in this auction far exceeded previous price records. The natural process Geisha from Hacienda La Esmeralda fetched a sky-high price of $601 per pound, which is equivalent to 8,900 RMB per kilogram. A certain coffee shop in Shanghai once sold natural process Geisha at 1,000 RMB per cup. The auction price of Red Label Geisha is between 1,500-2,000 RMB per kilogram. If 15 grams of beans are used for a cup of coffee, the cost of green beans is already as high as 133 RMB, not to mention transportation, labor, roasting, and other costs. At Guangzhou FrontStreet Coffee, I've had a cup of Red Label Geisha that left a deep impression. It's like a cup of fruit tea, priced at 75 RMB per cup, while Blue Label Geisha is 60 RMB per cup, which is considered a relatively affordable price.

How to Brew Panama Geisha Coffee Well?

FrontStreet Coffee's pour-over reference: Weigh 15g of Red Label Geisha coffee powder, pour it into a grinder for medium grinding. The ground particles should be slightly coarser than table salt. We use BG grinder setting 4B, water temperature 91°C, and brew with a wave filter.

Pour the hot water from the pour-over kettle in clockwise circles with the filter as the center, start timing when brewing begins. Brew the coffee to 30g in 15 seconds, then stop pouring water. When the time reaches 1 minute, pour water for the second time. The second pour should be the same as before, pouring in clockwise circles with the filter as the center. The water flow should not hit the area where coffee powder connects with the filter paper to avoid channel effect.

Leave a circle when pouring to the outermost layer of coffee powder, then brew circle by circle toward the center. At 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the coffee should be brewed to 220g, completing the brewing process.

Cold Brew Geisha

FrontStreet Coffee's cold brew Geisha reference:

Panama Red Label Geisha, light roast, BG grinder setting 4B (3 grinding degree), 20 grams of beans, 83°C water temperature, pre-infusion for 3 minutes, Chemex pot, then cold brew with ice water, total water volume 200ml.

Important Notice :

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