PANAMA Chombi Geisha Natural

Finished and shipped from Sweden with standard or express shipment worldwide. Learn more about production cut-offs and shipping here

“Structured, indelible and delicate paired with a family committed to raising social awareness."

Ivica Cvetanovski
Co-Founder, Coffea Circulor, Norway

SCA SCORE 92.25

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 througput to enable the beans to develop as much as possible and keep a low development time.

GENESIS

Producer	Finca Stal
Country	Panama
Region	Callejón Seco, Boquete
Altitude	1,750-1,800 masl
Varietal	Geisha, Green Tip
Process	Natural
Lot size	100kg
Trade	35.00 USD/kg

SENSORY EXPERIENCE

Aroma	Blueberry, Jasmine, Sugar cane
Flavor	Mango, Milk chocolate, Yellow plum
Aftertaste	Milk chocolate, Strawberry, Mid
Acidity	Blueberry, Strawberry, Malic, Mid-High
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.

The greatest extension of cultivation on the farm is Geisha coffee due to the great advantages that various microclimates create on the same farm. This, together with a meticulous care of coffee traceability, ensures the best cup with a special flavors through an elegant natural process.

This lot grows under shadow. After picking, it was placed in African beds for 21 days. Later, the coffee cherries are placed in a controlled temperature and humidity warehouse.

This prize-winning coffee is arranged by our dear friends the Altieri family.

CONTRIBUTION, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION

Working close to with pre-releases of coffees enables us to fine-tune details in generating targeted experiences. Previously, this coffee and its process was 'code-named' Lily, and together with the Altieri family we took on a naming convention for the Altieri Family of coffees and processes, present and for the future.

Ivica:

"As you also might have noticed, I named the coffees after your names. It stated with “Lily” when your father distributed the first coffees years ago now. Upon the first test, I found a high amount of florals in the Geisha natural. That would be the exception in respect to the naming convention. I have a naming scheme where natural processed coffees receive female names and washed coffees are governed by male names."

In the words of Anna Lynn Altieri: 

"It is very thoughtful of you and makes it very personal. Actually, we are in the process of changing all our lots names from letters to the grandchildren nicknames. We are already producing new signs for the lots. For examples, Rafa, Rola, Yuyi, Ale, RR, Luci, etc. But I really liked your idea of putting Panama in front of the name, and I also love the idea of the females for the Naturals and Males for the Washed. Thank you very much for your creativity and ingenuity. If you don't mind we would like to implement your idea."

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.

Find more recommendations for other devices here.

WATER RECOMMENDATIONS

Use water with balanced mineral content to optimize flavor and character. Keep Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) between 25-50 ppm or mg/l. We advise a temperature between 93-95°C for the best brewing experience.

Made by Panama

Finished in Scandinavia