PANAMA Altieri Alessa Geisha Natural Anaerobic Slow Dry 120h Fermentation NASDX
Finished and shipped from Sweden with standard or express shipment worldwide. Learn more about production cut-offs and shipping here
“Alessa NASDX combines best practices of the NX and NADX formula."
Ivica Cvetanovski
Founder, Coffea Circulor, Sweden
SCA SCORE 91.75
FLAVOR ALGORITHM AND DESIGN Ivica Cvetanovski
Roasted light based on conduction and moderate heat application with world class skill and care. Extensive roast, high front up heat that declines. Low level of energy application to enable the beans to develop as much as possible focusing on the expression of sweetness.
GENESIS
Producer | Altieri Specialty Coffee |
Country | Panama |
Region | Callejón Seco, Boquete |
Altitude | 1,850 masl |
Varietal | Geisha |
Process | Natural, Anaerobic Slow Drying |
Lot size | 25kg |
Trade | 65.00 USD/kg |
SENSORY EXPERIENCE
Aroma | Cedar, Cotton candy, Sugar cane |
Flavor | Blueberry, Milk chocolate, Pineapple |
Aftertaste | Blueberry, Green grape, Mid |
Acidity | Strawberry, Orange, Malic, Mid |
Body | Creamy, Structured, Mid |
Balance | Synergetic |
SYNOPSIS
The varietal geisha has won numerous coffee tasting awards in recent years and is creating a high demand for the coffee at auctions.
These prize-winning coffees are grown on the Eastern slope of the Baru Volcano, surrounded by the virgin cloud forests of the Baru Natonal Park in an area known as Callejón Seco. This area consists of volcanic soil, drained on the slope of the volcanic mountain, at an altitude where winds from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans collide creating microclimates different from the rest of the country.
Founded by Eugene Altieri, an Italian-American businessman residing in Panama who bought the farms. After 15 years of coffee growing and earning various awards, his children are following his legacy.
This lot was cultivated at an altitude of 1,850 masl and underwent an anaerobic fermentation for 5 days in plastic sealed tanks, without adding water or any artificial yeast. The drying process was done under partial shadow for 21 days on African beds.
This prize-winning lot is arranged by our dear friends the Altieri family.
FERMENTATION MORPHEMES
As each picked coffee cherry is destined for specific fermentation formulas, we denote each lot carrying the same name with a morpheme. Below is a listing of most common fermentation practices. Please use this reference to better understand the differences between equally named coffees and their fermentation formulas. For example, read a suffix of "NASDX" such as Natural Anaerobic Slow Drying Fermentation".
AX |
Anaerobic Fermentation |
CX |
Cold Fermentation |
CMX |
Carbonic Maceration |
DX |
Dry Fermentation |
EX |
Extended Fermentation |
RH, WH, BH | Honey Fermentation |
HX | Hypoxia Fermentation |
MX |
Macerated Fermentation |
NX | Natural Fermentation |
SX |
Slow Fermentation |
WX | Washed Fermentation |
YX |
Yeast Fermentation |
EXTRACTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Our World Brewers Cup recipe, One (1:1:1), for Hario V60-01/02 with Hario VCF-01/02 filters:
- Coffee: 20g.
- Water: 300g @ 93-95°C, TDS: 10-50 mg/l.
- 100g of 20 second pours in 3 total pours at 0:00, 1:00 and last pour at 2:00. Finish at 3:00.
- Pour by pulsing in helix formation during 20 seconds, starting from the centre, 5 revolutions per pulse. Ensure no grinds persist on the filter wall in the last pouring pulse.
- At 01:00, 02:00 and 03:00, confirm the filter bed is flat and uniform. Avoid generating cavities and craters.
- Target a TDS reading of 1.40±0.02.
- Adjust only grind size and water temperature.
- Grinding: Target 600-800μm. Example: 28 turns from the finest setting on Comandante.
- If the flow ends past each minute, adjust your grind settings to finer and respectively for slower flow.
- The recipe, technique and formula is singularly linear and time efficient. Learn more about linearly up- and downscaling our recipe here.
WATER RECOMMENDATIONS
Use water with balanced mineral content to optimize flavor and character. Keep Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) between 10-50 ppm or mg/l. We advise a temperature between 93-95°C for the best brewing experience.
STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Please store in a cool and dry place in order to secure freshness and quality. To ensure best possible experience use within 3 months after roast date and 2 weeks after opening. In various environments and setups, your brewing experience can benefit from opening the bag and closing it. Wait one day to brew. We have invested significant time to research the durability of the coffee by actively refining our roasting algorithms to ensure perpetual quality post 3 months of production. Our flavor-lock packaging technology is based on processing and roasting. This ensures persisting and stable aromas, flavors and pro-experience.
TEMPORALITY RECOMMENDATIONS
Start using at will. Brew immediately or wait several weeks. Prepare for a championship with a strategy. It all depends on your goals.
We recommend using the coffees by first opening the container/bag one day before the first planned brew to enable a natural aeration of the coffees. Use according to the following matrix and remember these are general observations given parameters such as continent, country, region, variety, altitude, process, etc. combined with Coffea Circulor processing and roasting algorithms.
Plan your acquisition according to production schedules (roasting), event attendance (home/championship) and shipping priority (standard/courier).
0-3 days | Focused acidity |
4-7 days | Optimal Coffea Circulor recommended praxis |
8-14 days | Increased floral perception |
15-21 days | Increased sweetness |
22+ days | Increased balance |
1+ month | Intact sweetness, peak intensity |
2+ months | Inherent balance, possible reduced florals turning herbal |
Made by Panama
Finished in Scandinavia