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Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Panama Esmeralda Especial

Roaster Location: Portland, Oregon
Coffee Origin: Boquete growing region, western Panama
Roast Level: Medium-Light
Agtron: 56/69
Est. Price: NA
Review Date: December 2006
Aroma: 10
Acidity: 9
Body: 8
Flavor: 10
Aftertaste: 9

Blind Assessment

Spectacularly aromatic in both dry and infused aroma: candied lemon peel, bergamot, hints of jasmine. Medium bodied and sweet, with superb acidity and flavors that suggest both the mentholated citrus of a Yirgacheffe and the blueberry notes of a Harrar, but without a trace of ferment or earthiness. Perfumed perfection.

Notes

A prize winner in the 2006 Best of Panama competition, where as a green (unroasted) coffee it placed first out of hundreds of entries, attracting a score of 94.60 from an international jury. Produced from trees of the celebrated Geisha variety at an elevation of approximately 5,000 feet by farmers Price and Daniel Peterson on the Hacienda la Esmeralda farm. This renowned atypical coffee is without doubt the finest Ethiopian coffee Panama can produce - which is to say, while it's anything but typical of Panama, it is sublime, particularly for its aromatic complexity and powerful visceral reminder of coffee's tropical fruit tree origins. Stumptown Coffee is a small-batch premium roasting company that wholesales its coffees as well as serves them custom brewed by the cup in its Portland cafes. Under the youthful and enthusiastic leadership of Duane Sorenson, Stumptown has become a leading buyer and supporter of competition-winning coffees. Visit www.stumptowncoffee.com or call 503-230-7797 for more information.

Who Should Drink It

Any coffee connoisseur - at least once.

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This review originally appeared in the December, 2006 tasting report: Price, Quality and Value: Questioning Competition Coffees

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Kenneth Davids is editor, chief writer and co-founder of Coffee Review. His latest book, 21st Century Coffee: A Guide is an unprecedentedly thorough survey of specialty coffee in all of its aspects, authoritative yet engaging. He has been involved with coffee since the early 1970s and has published three earlier books on coffee, including the influential Home Roasting: Romance and Revival, now in its second edition, and Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying, which has sold nearly 250,000 copies in five editions.

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