Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha Washed vs Natural: Which Tastes Better? Introduction to Washed and Natural Geisha Flavor Profiles

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FrontStreet Coffee's Panama La Esmeralda Green Label Coffee: Washed vs Natural Flavor Comparison

The Velo de Novia plot is La Esmeralda's newest acquisition in 2012. Not only is Geisha grown here, but it's also La Esmeralda's experimental plot for over 400 coffee varieties, including high-quality coffee varieties such as Pacamara, Mocca, and SL28. As part of a longer-term development and exploration plan, La Esmeralda hopes to find the successor variety to Geisha from among them.

Velo de Novia is divided into 7 small plots: Guabo, Portón, Durazno, Higuerón, Higo, Buena Vista, and águila.

Each small plot name here is a combination of the coffee's flavor characteristics or its location. For example, Higo translates to "fig" in Spanish because the coffee from this plot has distinct fig notes; The Portón plot is located at the entrance of Velo de Novia, so it's named after the Spanish word for "door". Many friends even joke that after drinking Portón's natural processed Geisha, with its exquisite rice wine dry aroma, dark berries, extremely high complexity, and pleasant mellow sweetness, it's as if opening the "gateway to a flavor feast," leaving an unforgettable aftertaste.

Recommended Brewing Method: Pour-over

Because the Green Label Geisha has many flavor layers and rich floral aromas, I recommend choosing a faster-flowing Hario V60 dripper to showcase its rich layers and floral notes. A coffee-to-water ratio of 1:16 can be used. For beans with rich flavor layers, a larger coffee-to-water ratio actually allows us to experience their flavors more clearly!

Brewing Parameters

Water temperature: 90-91°C; Grind size: Medium-fine (BG 5R: 58% pass-through rate on China standard #20 sieve); Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:16; Use segmented extraction method for brewing.

Use 30g of water for bloom, bloom for 30 seconds; Small water flow center pour to 125g segment, when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, increase water flow to 240g then stop, when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, remove the dripper. (Timing starts from bloom) Extraction time 2'03"

Flavor Profiles

Washed Green Label Flavor:

The wet aroma is rich ginger flower and jasmine floral notes, with flavors of citrus, cream, lemon, cane sugar, and black tea.

Natural Green Label Flavor:

Jasmine floral notes, passion fruit, mango, citrus.

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