Unveiling the Mystery of Geisha Coffee: Understanding How to Differentiate Between Geisha Coffee Bean Varieties such as "Red, Green, and Blue Label" Geisha

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Geisha Coffee: The Champion Coffee Bean

People always pursue the finest things - the most mellow fine wines, the most captivating cigars, or the most noble champagne. The same applies to coffee, as drinking good coffee brings happiness, so people began to pursue even better coffee. From the former Jamaican Blue Mountain or Hawaiian Kona to the now most popular Geisha coffee, people have continuously sought the most distinctive and delicious coffee beans.

The method of obtaining high prices for valuable items through auction is equally applicable to selling premium coffee beans. Panama La Esmeralda's Geisha is particularly exceptional. To ensure that the carefully cultivated and managed high-quality coffee beans receive reasonable compensation, La Esmeralda holds its own global auction after the annual coffee cupping competition, which has become a major annual event in the specialty coffee world.

Around mid-year each year, coffee green bean merchants from around the world interested in that year's premium Geisha beans reference the scores of competing beans before bidding, and attempt to secure their ideal coffee batches according to their budget. During the opening of bids, everyone is tense and bold in their pricing, deeply fearing that missing out on delicious coffee beans means waiting another year.

Geisha coffee beans have an extraordinary legend... This coffee variety actually originates from southwestern Ethiopia. In 1963, Don Pachi Serracin introduced the Geisha coffee variety from Costa Rica to Panama. Due to low yields directly affecting harvest quantities, coffee farmers had little willingness to cultivate it. It wasn't until Daniel Peterson, owner of Panama La Esmeralda estate, accidentally discovered that the coffee beans produced by these Geisha coffee trees - originally used as windbreaks at the highest points of his coffee plantation - possessed the characteristic citrus and floral aromas of African beans. After separating these coffee beans and entering them in the 2004 Panama Coffee Bean Cupping Competition, they became an instant sensation. Since then, Geisha beans have been unstoppable, winning the Panama Coffee Cupping Competition championship for consecutive years. In the eyes of today's specialty coffee enthusiasts worldwide, Geisha coffee beans are undoubtedly the supreme treasure.

From 2004 to the present, we can still say... Panama Geisha beans are the finest in the world, and Panama La Esmeralda Geisha stands out as the best among them.

The legend continues - in 2017, Panama La Esmeralda Geisha once again won the natural processing championship... this should be their 18th championship trophy. To stand out among numerous strong competitors year after year, besides the delicious genetic qualities of Geisha beans, excellent coffee estate management as well as harvesting and processing are absolutely essential. It's particularly worth mentioning that the La Esmeralda estate owner places extreme importance on environmental protection. Therefore, their produced coffee can participate in the Rainforest Alliance Cupping Competition and has brought back 5 championship trophies.

The method of obtaining high prices for valuable items through auction is equally applicable to selling premium coffee beans. Panama La Esmeralda's Geisha is particularly exceptional. To ensure that the carefully cultivated and managed high-quality coffee beans receive reasonable compensation, La Esmeralda holds its own global auction after the annual coffee cupping competition, which has become a major annual event in the specialty coffee world.

Around mid-year each year, coffee green bean merchants from around the world interested in that year's premium Geisha beans reference the scores of competing beans before bidding, and attempt to secure their ideal coffee batches according to their budget. During the opening of bids, everyone is tense and bold in their pricing, deeply fearing that missing out on delicious coffee beans means waiting another year.

La Esmeralda estate discovered through years of experimentation that only Geisha beans harvested from coffee trees growing at altitudes above 1,400 meters can display the special flavors that Geisha beans should have. Therefore, the main grading is based primarily on planting altitude, supplemented by actual cupping results, creating "Red, Green, Blue Label" grades of Geisha beans.

FrontStreet Coffee Teaches You How to Distinguish "Red Label," "Green Label," and "Blue Label"!

La Esmeralda estate discovered through years of experimentation that only Geisha beans harvested from coffee trees growing at altitudes above 1,400 meters can display the special flavors that Geisha beans should have. Therefore, the main grading is based primarily on planting altitude, supplemented by actual cupping results, creating "Red, Green, Blue Label" grades of Geisha beans.

Red Label [Auction Batches]

⇒ Growing altitude: 1,600-1,800 meters

⇒ Cupping score: 90 points or above

⇒ Mainly produced from Jaramillo and Cañas Verdes estates, also the highest quality Geisha beans

⇒ Geisha beans harvested from the highest points of the Boquete mountain region, possessing special, bright floral aromas and citrus fragrance

⇒ Coffee at this grade is processed into natural or washed processed green beans, with yeast processing method added in 2018

⇒ Can only be purchased through the annual global auction

Green Label [Reserve Batches]

⇒ Growing altitude: 1,600-1,800 meters

⇒ Micro-batch coffee beans from three different estates: Jaramillo, Quiel, and Cañas Verdes

⇒ Although not the highest-grade auction beans, this grade of Geisha beans still possesses the classic flavors of Geisha coffee beans - floral aroma, fruit fragrance, citrus acidity, and thick, juicy mouthfeel

⇒ Selecting perfectly ripe coffee fruits creates rich sweetness, bright fruit acidity, and delicious flavors

⇒ This grade of Geisha beans also has both washed and natural processed green beans available

Blue Label [Select Batches]

⇒ Growing altitude: 1,500 meters

⇒ Blended beans from three different estates: Jaramillo, Cañas Verdes, and El Velo

⇒ Slight floral aroma, fruit acidity, sweetness, with a relatively less thick mouthfeel than Red Label, clean and fresh

⇒ This grade of Geisha beans only has washed processed green beans

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