Famous Single-Origin Coffee Bean Recommendation - Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha 2019 Harvest with Floral and Fruity Sweet Flavor

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FrontStreet Coffee - Famous Single-Origin Coffee Bean Recommendation: Hacienda La Esmeralda - Green Label Geisha Introduction

Single-origin coffee means coffee made from beans of a single origin.

Single-origin coffee can be traced back to its source - not just the producing country, but even the specific plot of land where it grew. By getting to know estate owners and digging deep into origins, we can understand the stories of coffee regions from the source and buy green beans accordingly.

Different regional terroirs give beans distinct character. Coffee from the three great specialty regions - Asia, Africa, and the Americas - each carries different flavors, and that is the charm of specialty coffee. Single-origin coffee relates to its origin and can be divided into specialty and non-specialty, or commercial grade and specialty grade.

FrontStreet Coffee carries many single-origin coffees, covering essentially every country and region. Whether you like fruity, rich, or balanced flavors, you will find them here. When it comes to the most famous, nothing beats Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha from Panama - the king of specialty coffee. Its distinct florals, citrus flavors, lemon, and honey make coffee lovers fall in love with it. To kick off 2020, FrontStreet Coffee is sharing the 2019 Hacienda La Esmeralda Green Label Geisha with everyone.

Hacienda La Esmeralda - Green Label Geisha

Country: Panama

Region: Boquete

Estate: Hacienda La Esmeralda

Altitude: 1600-1800 meters

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Geisha

Harvest Season: 2019

Pour-over Parameters: 15g of coffee, V60 dripper, water temperature 91 degrees C, coffee-to-water ratio 1:15, grind size BG 6S (Chinese standard #20 sieve pass rate 58%).

Brewing Method: bloom with 30g of water for 30 seconds, then pour with a small water stream evenly up to 125g in segments. When the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, continue pouring to 225g and stop. Remove the dripper just before the coffee bed is exposed. Do not use the last 5g of water. Timing starts from the bloom; extraction time is around 2 minutes.

Flavor: lemon, honey, jasmine, honeydew melon

Knowledge Extension

In 1964, Swedish-American financier Rudolph A. Peterson retired, moved to Panama, and purchased Hacienda La Esmeralda in Boquete. At that time, however, the estate was still mainly a dairy farm.

FrontStreet Coffee's Brief Note

FrontStreet Coffee is not just a cafe, but a research center dedicated to coffee. We enjoy sharing coffee knowledge and studying brewing methods with everyone. We share without reservation because we want more friends to fall in love with coffee. We also hold three coffee discount events every month, because FrontStreet Coffee wants to provide more friends with the best coffee at the lowest possible price. That has been our mission for the past six years.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Esmeralda's Geisha is graded into Red Label and Green Label lines. FrontStreet Coffee's Red Label Geisha is officially named "Esmeralda Special." It grows at 1,600-1,800 meters, every lot must score above 90 in cupping, and each lot carries its own number, with all the beans in a lot coming from a single small plot - for example, FrontStreet Coffee's Red Label comes from the Jaramillo plot. That lets buyers choose the exact lot that matches their flavor preference.

FrontStreet Coffee's Green Label Geisha is originally named "Private Collection." Because its brand label has a green background, it is commonly called Green Label. According to the estate's own description, the Green Label line does not emphasize detailed plot information the way the Red Label does; instead it blends batches from several plots to express the estate's signature high-altitude Geisha flavor. You can think of it as a Geisha lot without plot separation, which makes its price friendlier - so FrontStreet Coffee's Green Label offers excellent value.

For an entry point to that famous "Geisha flavor," FrontStreet Coffee recommends the Panama Boquete Geisha. It lets you enjoy the classic orange-blossom honey character of high-quality Panamanian Geisha at an accessible price, with an oolong-tea feel, delicate fruit acidity, and clearly defined layers.