Cupping Table Subscribers will get a small amount of this coffee for their DECEMBER shipment.
The Peterson family has had an incredible 2025. They not only set records in the Best of Panama for winning all three categories at the competition: Natural, Washed, and Varietals ( a first-time sweep by one farm) but also for the amount of money they generated at the BOP Auction for those coffees: $30,000 per kilo for their 98 point washed coffee and $23,000 per kilo for their natural.
While we are offering coffee from the same region of the farm as we did in 2024, 2025 was truly a banner season for Esmeralda. This year’s offering is, sweeter, more complex, and far more dynamic than last year’s offering.
As with 2024, this lot is technically a natural/dry processed coffee but because the coffee was allowed to ferment for 120 hours in an anaerobic environment and then dried in a cold room for 38 days without without being exposed to harsh sunlight the structural integrity of the bean was preserved, leading to a much cleaner, more interesting cup than is typical for a natural coffee. Sometimes too, traditional natural processing will hide the Geisha varietal’s unique flavor characteristics, not so in this case. This coffee tastes like a Geisha.
In the cup, strawberry jam, blackcurrant, lemon zest, sweet cherries and jasmine with a super rich luxurious body — it is coffee-tasting journey unlike what you may have experienced before.
Due to extremely limited stock, we have set up roast dates for this coffee. If you order other coffee from us, in addition to this one, your entire order will be roasted and shipped the same day we roast the Esmeralda.
Cupping Table Subscribers will get a small amount of this coffee for their DECEMBER shipment.
The Peterson family has had an incredible 2025. They not only set records in the Best of Panama for winning all three categories at the competition: Natural, Washed, and Varietals ( a first-time sweep by one farm) but also for the amount of money they generated at the BOP Auction for those coffees: $30,000 per kilo for their 98 point washed coffee and $23,000 per kilo for their natural.
While we are offering coffee from the same region of the farm as we did in 2024, 2025 was truly a banner season for Esmeralda. This year’s offering is, sweeter, more complex, and far more dynamic than last year’s offering.
As with 2024, this lot is technically a natural/dry processed coffee but because the coffee was allowed to ferment for 120 hours in an anaerobic environment and then dried in a cold room for 38 days without without being exposed to harsh sunlight the structural integrity of the bean was preserved, leading to a much cleaner, more interesting cup than is typical for a natural coffee. Sometimes too, traditional natural processing will hide the Geisha varietal’s unique flavor characteristics, not so in this case. This coffee tastes like a Geisha.
In the cup, strawberry jam, blackcurrant, lemon zest, sweet cherries and jasmine with a super rich luxurious body — it is coffee-tasting journey unlike what you may have experienced before.
Due to extremely limited stock, we have set up roast dates for this coffee. If you order other coffee from us, in addition to this one, your entire order will be roasted and shipped the same day we roast the Esmeralda.
