Costa RicaPANAMA Hacienda La Esmeralda Velo Landrace Washed WX
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128,00 €/kg
32,00 € for 250 g · about 2,30 € for an 18 g espresso dose
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What Coffea Circulor says about this coffee
THE BEGINNINGS
The lands that make up Hacienda La Esmeralda were first brought together as a single estate by a Swede named Hans Elliot in 1940. This land comprised several hundred hectares in what are now the Palmira and Cañas Verdes farms. In 1967, a Swedish- American banker by the name of Rudolph A. Peterson (1904-2003) bought Hacienda La Esmeralda as a retirement venture. At the time, the land was predominantly pasture for beef cattle, with some small smatterings of coffee mixed in.
By 1975 the Petersons had switched the farms over to dairy cattle which performed quite well and continues to make up half of Esmeralda’s farm land today. In the mid- 80s, the family was looking to further diversify and coffee, with its rich production history in the Boquete region, was a perfect opportunity.
Coffee had been growing on lands in and around Hacienda La Esmeralda since at least 1890. It was this huge reservoir of coffee knowledge and culture that helped the Petersons redevelop much of their land for coffee farming and even make their first coffee farm expansion at Palmira in 1988. It bears mentioning that coffee at this time was almost exclusively an undifferentiated, mass-market, e…
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“CONTRIBUTION We are constantly contributing to Specialty Coffee Association’s (SCA) events and conveying our story through competitions, partaking in judging panels and arranging national and international coffee events.” their page (opens in a new tab)
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Altitude, lowest
“The farm had recently been devastated by coffee leaf rust, but Daniel Peterson noticed that the Geisha trees had not been hurt as badly, so they decided to plant Geisha on more parts of the farm, including in sections above 1650 meters above sea level, higher than Geisha had been planted before.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Variety
“That said, it was only by serendipity that the famous Geisha coffee was planted on this farm.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Country of origin
“This moniker stuck as the seeds subsequently traveled to Tanzania and Costa Rica on their way to Hacienda La Esmeralda.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Region
“In the mid- 80s, the family was looking to further diversify and coffee, with its rich production history in the Boquete region, was a perfect opportunity.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Processing
“As auction prices grew and grew, so did the demand for experiments like Natural Processing, and for increasing specificity in lots.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
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