{"product_id":"limited-panama-hacienda-la-esmeralda-nana-lot-valle-2nc-geisha-natural","title":"LIMITED | PANAMA | Hacienda La Esmeralda | Nano Lot | Valle 2NC | Geisha | Natural","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW236979815 BCX0\" paraid=\"1426538594\" paraeid=\"{9955462b-bf57-46c1-9958-e900333184f2}{8}\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eRudolph Peterson \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003epurchased\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e Hacienda La Esmeralda as a retirement venture in 1967, and his family has been tending to the land around the small town of Boquete ever since. In the early days, the land was primarily pasture for beef cattle, but over the years, the family transitioned to dairy cattle and coffee production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eNow twenty years ago, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e 2004, the Peterson family and Hacienda La Esmeralda, took the coffee world by storm. That year's Best of Panama competition saw Geisha reintroduced to the world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e – its bright and lively acidity, and prominent floral notes leapt off the cupping table, and after the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003einitial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e shock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e it secured the highest price ever paid for coffee at auction. The Petersons now grow Geisha in many sections of their estate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW236979815 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW236979815 BCX0\" paraid=\"1638476159\" paraeid=\"{9955462b-bf57-46c1-9958-e900333184f2}{32}\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003every special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003elot is from the Valle plot of El Velo, the newest of Hacienda La Esmeralda’s farms – Valle is in the highest section of the farm, with altitude at or above 2,000 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003emasl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e., and this is the first-year coffees from Valle have been released\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e to the world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW236979815 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW236979815 BCX0\" paraid=\"1699919911\" paraeid=\"{9955462b-bf57-46c1-9958-e900333184f2}{58}\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eDuring our purchasing trip to Panama earlier this year, we stumbled across this coffee on the cupping table, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003esomewhat by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e accident. Alex (Rachel’s daughter) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ehad slipped it onto the cupping table as a little treat – b\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eeing such a small lot, the coffee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ewasn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e really for sale (while the Peterson’s decided the best avenue for it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e, but Alex knew \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ewe’d\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e get a kick out of seeing something so special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e Well – it worked. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eSc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ean astonishing 95pts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e (out of 100)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e, it was our highest scoring coff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eee of the entire purchasing trip. We had to have it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eWe’d\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e do whatever it took. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW236979815 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW236979815 BCX0\" paraid=\"402332436\" paraeid=\"{9955462b-bf57-46c1-9958-e900333184f2}{106}\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eAfter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003esome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e agonizing months (and many emails back-and-forth), the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003econfirmation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e finally came\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e – it was ours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e, and only\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e few weeks later, on our second trip down to Panama – this time as members of the international jury for the Best of Panama competition – we collected the coffee from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ethe team at Hacienda La Esmeralda and brought it back to the States – where it’s been happily sitting in our freezer, awaiti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eng this release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW236979815 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW236979815 BCX0\" paraid=\"380467498\" paraeid=\"{9955462b-bf57-46c1-9958-e900333184f2}{134}\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eThis is a true Nano Lot – with only 3.5kg of green coffee produced. It was processed as a natural \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eand dried in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003ethe Peterson’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e new climate-controlled drying \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003eroom,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236979815 BCX0\"\u003e this coffee is one of a kind. Grab some if you can.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW236979815 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #565454;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Drink:\u003c\/strong\u003e Just like you wouldn't add soda to your best whiskey, this amazing coffee is meant to be drank black with no sugar or cream. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Proud Mary Coffee USA","offers":[{"title":"100gms","offer_id":45284453122264,"sku":"","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1939\/4095\/files\/PANHaciendaLaEsmeralda-Valle2NC_2024_GeishaNatural.png?v=1721919923","url":"https:\/\/proudmarycoffee.mom\/products\/limited-panama-hacienda-la-esmeralda-nana-lot-valle-2nc-geisha-natural","provider":"Proud Mary Coffee USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}