Amelia Geisha washed · Lerida Estate

Description

This unique Geisha has an especially fine character and is reminiscent of a bouquet of elegant white flowers with an intense sweetness of honeydew melon, lemongrass, and a lot of juicy peach in the aftertaste. Direct trade for 4 years: On our trip to Panama in March 2020, we visited for the first time the direct neighbor of the world-famous Lamastus Elida Estate: the picturesque Finca Lérida. The farm and its coffee plantations also benefit from the unique microclimate around the Boquete region. Here, coffee plants grow under the best conditions in all of Panama. The Geisha coffee cherries are hand-picked only when they are dark red at their sweetest ripeness. It can happen that a bush is harvested up to 8 times. Afterwards, the cherries are depulped, washed, and slowly air-dried outdoors with constant turning. In this coffee, you can taste the fantastic terroir that makes this coffee so unique worldwide. Finca Lérida was the first coffee plantation in Panama, founded by a German in 1925, and was the first farm in Panama to export coffee to Germany. We are very happy about this direct relationship with the Amoruso family farm. Maria Amoruso grew up as the eldest of 5 siblings in Boquete and, as a little girl, she planted coffee plants with her grandfather and helped him with processing. She always dreamed of her own farm, and when Finca Lérida was up for sale in 2009, she breathed new life into this special place with one of the best locations for coffee cultivation. She planted Geisha plants and even the SL 34 variety from Kenya five years ago, winning fourth place at the BOP with it.