LIMITED | PANAMA | Hacienda La Esmeralda - El Velo | Geisha | Natural

Quick Facts

About This Bean

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="TextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">Rudolph Peterson </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">purchased</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> Hacienda La Esmeralda as a retirement venture in 1967, and his family has been tending to the land around the small town of Boquete ever since. In the early days, the land was primarily pasture for beef cattle, but over the years, the family transitioned to dairy cattle and coffee production. In 2004, the Peterson family, and Hacienda La Esmeralda, took the coffee world by storm. That year's Best of Panama competition saw Geisha reintroduced to the world, where it secured the highest price ever paid for coffee at auction. The Petersons now grow Geisha in many sections of their estate. This lot is from the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">Buena Vista</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">section</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> of El Velo, the newest of Hacienda La Esmeralda’s farms</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">, neighboring other famed farms, such as Elida Estate and Mama </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">Cata</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">While </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">we’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> been </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">purchasing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> coffees from the Peterson family for many years now, this is the first </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">year </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">purchasing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> coffees from El Velo – we can now say that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0">we’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW230923415 BCX0"> completed the Peterson Family Trifecta. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{}" class="EOP SCXW230923415 BCX0"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="color: #565454;"><strong>How to Drink:</strong> Just like you wouldn't add soda to your best whiskey, this amazing coffee is meant to be drank black with no sugar or cream. </span></p> <div><br></div>