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Half Way to Napa? Panamas 2009

By Kenneth Davids
September 5th, 2009

96

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Hacienda La Esmeralda Special Mario Carnaval

Review Date: Sep 2009

Delicately rich, balanced but gracefully intense coffee. High-toned aroma with flowers, nut and a hint of pungent cedar. Richly tart, opulent acidity; full, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The flavor is dominated by voluptuous notes of night flowers, orange, tart cherry, nut, all of which coast into a long, deep, clean finish.

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94

Geisha Coffee Roaster

Panama El Burro Estate

Review Date: Sep 2009

Intensely sweet flavor and aroma dominated by flowers, apricot and tangerine. Soft, syrupy mouthfeel, bright-toned but balanced acidity and a remarkably rich, brandy-toned flavor. Crisp finish with sweet stone fruit notes lingering in the long.

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93

Geisha Coffee Roaster

Panama Elida Peaberry Natural

Review Date: Sep 2009

Blueberry-toned aroma with hints of cherry, flowers and baking spices. Bright, fruity acidity and a smooth mouthfeel with a complex fruit character in the cup bringing up associations ranging from plums and peaches to berries and citrus. Dry, sweet finish that becomes sweeter and slightly nutty in the long.

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93

Tony's Coffees & Teas

Hacienda La Esmeralda Special Geisha Mario Pascua 2009

Review Date: Sep 2009

An aromatically rich coffee, with round jasmine notes and hints of mixed berry fruitiness. Balanced acidity, soft mouthfeel and a delicate lemony flavor, with hints of flowers and sweet toned fruit that deepen and become more opulent as the cup cools. The bitter-sweet, flavor-saturated finish fades but sweetens further in the long.

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92

Counter Culture Coffee

Hacienda Esmeralda Special Microlot

Review Date: Sep 2009

Sweet and deep in the aroma, with suggestions of flowers, butter, cedar. Smooth, rounded acidity and syrupy body in the cup, with continued floral notes, a cocoaish chocolate and richly tart fruit. Simple but long, resonant finish.

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92

Klatch Coffee

Panama Elida Estate Natural

Review Date: Sep 2009
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Big, fruity sweetness and underlying bouillon-like savory notes carry from aroma through finish in this nicely balanced natural or dried-in-the-fruit coffee. Impressively syrupy body, rich acidity, crisp chocolate and a dry cherryish, slightly salty fruit complicate cup and finish.

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91

Equator Estate Coffees & Teas

Panama Esmeralda Special Auction Lot

Review Date: Sep 2009

A pungent fruit aroma with hints of flowers, cedar and red currant. In the cup, nicely balanced acidity, a lightly syrupy mouthfeel and flavors of peach and lemon that lean toward chocolate. The fruit-toned chocolate grows more distinct and lingers in the finish.

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91

Klatch Coffee

Panama Elida Estate

Review Date: Sep 2009
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Raisiny cocoa and a hint of night flowers in the soft, understated aroma. In the cup round and delicately melodic: gently rich acidity, silky to lightly syrupy mouthfeel, cherryish fruit with continued hints of cedar and night flowers. Balanced, slightly dry finish.

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91

Coffee From Panama

Hacienda La Esperanza

Review Date: Sep 2009

Sweet honey- and orange-toned aroma. An elegantly bright and fruity acidity points up delicate flavors of flowers, orange, cedar and tart berry. The lightly syrupy cup sweetens in the long finish.

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91

Willoughby's Coffee & Tea

Panama Elida Estate Reserve

Review Date: Sep 2009
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A roundly bright cup, with aromatic and flavor notes of flowers combined with hints of stone fruit, baking spices and toast. A gracefully clean, very sweet and long finish with a pleasing toasty and caramel-like character.

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89

Our Coffee Barn

Panama Boquete

Review Date: Sep 2009

Rich, deep aroma with pungent cedar-toned fruit notes: fig perhaps, or prune. In the cup quiet, balanced acidity, fullish body, continued mildly pungent, fig-like fruit notes that take on a dark chocolate character in the finish.

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