davidalamont Senior Member Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 163 Location: Northeast Atlanta Expertise: Professional
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Posted Tue Jul 22, 2008, 2:32pm Subject: Esmeralda on the table...Counter Culture Coffee in the ATL
I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that we'll be have a very special coffee at our weekly cupping this Friday. We usually don't announce our coffees ahead of time, but we wanted to let people know so that they can have a chance to try "The Esmeralda".
Some of you may know about the Geisha varietal from Hacienda La Esmeralda in Boquete, Panama that has set a number of records in the coffee world recently for price. Here is a link to a page from their website with a great explanation of the coffee.
From the website
We do know that this coffee is NOT the result of intense selection – a common requirement for great coffees. We actually export a higher percentage of cherry picked in this coffee than in the rest of the farm. Likewise, it is not just coffee from the peak of the harvest – the quality seems to hold up from beginning to end. It is also not a ‘curiosity’ coffee – i.e. one that has passed through the digestive tract of an odd animal or originated in a isolated island in the middle of the sea. We suspect and hope that it will be a coffee that can be multiplied in Boquete to a point where reasonable volumes can be obtained.
The cupping starts, as always, at 10am and usually lasts about an hour (and a little more if you linger around for espresso shots, etc.) If you're interested and need directions, check our website for directions, or if you're lost, give me a call -- 678-358-6114.
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