Panama - Pech Family Gesha - Yeast Inoculated Natural Process
Panama - Pech Family Gesha - Yeast Inoculated Natural Process
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Light/Ultralight
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Fruity, Floral
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
Whether a coffee is a single origin (from one farm, region, or country) or a blend (multiple origins combined).
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Tropical, Floral
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Panama
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Natural
Owned by David and Lia Pech, Damarli Estate is located 1500MASL near Baru Volcano in Boquete, Panama. In this dry microclimate, the Pech family grows varietals like red bourbon, pacamara, and gesha; their gesha was planted in 2006 with plants purchased from the Peterson family’s Jaramillo Estate. Plot 11 is where this gesha resides today at Damarli. Last year, gesha from this plot placed in the top 20 at Best of Panama, a first for the farm!
Due to constrained water access, Damarli Estate only currently produces natural processed gesha. In close collaboration with Lucia Solis, they developed the ‘Noble’ natural process to highlight clean expression of their terroir in the cup. Here is some more info on processing from our good friend Keith Pech, who is in charge of exporting the farm’s wonderful coffee:
“For every Noble lot, we begin with only fully ripe, hand-picked cherries. The cherries are floated, hand sorted, washed, and placed into sealed fermentation tanks, where each batch is inoculated with a specific activated yeast culture. Fermentation typically lasts 3–4 days, ending once most of the available sugars have been consumed and the desired pH has been reached.
The coffee is then transferred to raised drying beds and slowly dried to 15–18% moisture content, rested for 2–3 weeks to allow moisture to equalize throughout the beans, and finally dried to a stable 9.5–10% moisture content before storage.”
This coffee is from Daylot 2. It is amongst the best naturals I’ve had the opportunity to try all year. In the cup, I find intense tropical fruit sweetness, like juicy mangoes, and intensely creamy florals.
Sourced direct (from Keith)
Price paid (before shipping): $31.15/lb
Price paid (after shipping): $37.40/lb
