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Not Your Same Old Panama Coffees

By Kenneth Davids
August 7th, 2012

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Klatch Coffee

Esmeralda Leon, Panama Geisha Auction Lot

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $39.95/8 ounces
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Intense, complex floral notes, from crisp lavender to sweet lilies, with an underlying nut-toned dark chocolate that suggests fine roasted cocoa nibs. Zesty orange citrus. Rich acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. The finish may be a tad too dry for some coffee drinkers but it is rich and deeply flavor-saturated.

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94

Klatch Coffee

Panama Don Pachi Natural Geisha

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $59.95/8 ounces
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Extraordinary deep, shifting complexity. Honey, brandy, plum, dark chocolate, lush dusk flowers in aroma and cup, although along the way any number of other aromatic notes emerge with brief, startling clarity. Round, savory-sweet structure; rich, brandyish acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Long, flavor-saturated finish.

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93

Willoughby's Coffee & Tea

Panama Elida Estate Natural

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $18.99/16 ounces
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Delicately rich, deeply fruit-toned: minty chocolate, caramel and lushly carnal fruit, apricot or mango. Gentle, deep-toned acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor-saturated finish.

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93

Simon Hsieh's Aroma Roast Coffees

Panama Geisha Honey Aroma Roast

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: NTD $2600/8 ounces
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Shifting, engaging complexity. Just a few of the notes we registered: apricot, honey, melon, fresh pipe tobacco, cedar, dark chocolate. There were more. Delicately bright, floral-toned acidity; light, silky/satiny mouthfeel. Pleasingly soft though fading finish.

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93

Klatch Coffee

Panama Elida Natural

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $16.95/12 ounces
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Impressively rich, deep, savory-sweet; dark chocolate, dusk flowers, honey, berry in aroma and cup. Comfortably backgrounded acidity; full, almost chewy mouthfeel. Chocolate in particular carries into a long, resonant finish.

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93

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2012 Esmeralda Special Natural Panama

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: NTD $3000/8 ounces

Intense, lyric, complex floral character – tea rose, lily, lavender, honey – anchored by a crisp, cocoa-toned chocolate. Sweet-toned, floral acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Dry but rich, flavor-saturated finish.

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91

Equator Coffees & Teas

Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha Baru

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $49.00/8 ounces

Lush honey, crisp lavender, hints of peach and vanilla in aroma and cup. The acidity is quite tart, but also sweet and rich. Fullish, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Honey and lavender carry into a sweet but drying finish.

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91

Temple Coffee and Tea

Panama Lerida Estate Sonia’s Crop

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $16.50/12 ounces
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Complex, bracing, bittersweet in structure. Crisp lavender-like flowers, dark chocolate, tart berry, softened by a sweet caramel in aroma and cup. Brisk, floral-toned acidity; silky to lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Lavender and dark chocolate carry into a rich but drying finish.

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91

Kuma Coffee

Carmen Estate Natural Panama

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $16.00/12 ounces

Floral high notes and honey sweetness overlay deeper, earthier notes that suggest mushrooms, moist fresh-fallen leaves, or, in the cup, the vegetal chocolate of roasted cocoa nibs. Richly tart acidity hints at lemon; lean but silky mouthfeel. Flowers in particular carry into a drying finish.

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Willoughby's Coffee & Tea

Panama Elida Estate Reserve

Review Date: Aug 2012
Price: $16.99/16 ounces
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Briskly tart, bracingly bittersweet. Tangerine-like fruit, hints of flowers, fir and almond in aroma and cup. Surprisingly full, syrupy mouthfeel; richly tart acidity. The profile sweetens and softens in the finish, with the fruit and nut taking an unexpected turn toward chocolate.

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