Esmeralda Gesha Featured All Weekend. Plus Two Cupping Seats Still Open

As many of you have noticed, the coffee we purchased at auction back in May - 100 lbs. of lot #5-14 of Esmeralda Gesha - went on sale here last week.  This coffee is from the much-heralded Hacienda La Esmeralda in Boquete, Panama and is being roasted for us by Jake's Java in Peters.  We'll have a few pounds coming in each week from now through October.

You'll have an opportunity to taste this special lot of coffee this weekend at our standard drip prices.  While we typically only brew the Esmeralda in press pots ($4.50) or as a custom pourover ($3.35), this Saturday and Sunday, we'll be offering the Esmeralda as our featured drip coffee.

That's correct.  You can get a cup of Esmeralda for less than two bucks. 

While our purchase was not one of the uber-premium megabucks lots, it's a 90+ coffee that shares the characteristics of a classic Gesha:  lemon citrus, passionfruit, florals.  It's typically roasted lighter than most of the Central Americans we offer.  This lighter roast allows more of the aromatics to come through.  We believe the roast level we've decided on does the most justice to this coffee.

But it's not for everyone.  Fans of "flavor" imparted by darker roasts might not enjoy the Gesha.  The coffee's profile resembles a full-bodied tea in many ways.  And we know tea and coffee drinkers don't mix ;-)

If you find the Esmeralda is a coffee that does float your boat, you might want to join us at the cupping table Saturday at 1pm.  We'll be cupping two different roast levels of Esmeralda so you can see the difference a few seconds make to flavor.  We'll also be cupping two different roast dates so you can see how well the coffee mellows over the course of 10 days. 

As we post this there are either two or three seats left at the table. Be sure to get your name in by stopping by or calling the shop at 412.563.1220 to reserve your seat.

Comments

[Richard Detrich]

Thank you for promoting Boquete, Panama coffee! I've seen Peterson's Esmerelda gesha for sale at up to $15 a cup in Toronto, so your customers are getting a great deal! We also grow coffee in Palmira, down the road from Esmerelda and if you readers are interested they can check out photos of the production process on my blog at http://richarddetrich.wordpress.com/jaguar-java-coffee/ Regards!