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Arrived in late summer via airfreight in a vacuum packed box, we held this coffee aside to roast during the holidays as a treat to our Geisha loving customers. We bought this very small lot on the spot. While expensive, this coffee is simply delicious and one of the best we will have this year! This is the highest grown Geisha on Altieri land.
The quantity is tiny and we will have only about 40 roasted pounds available. This coffee from Panama has a quite different story than we are used to hearing. The farm is owned by Gene Altieri, a native New Yorker who has lived and worked in Panama for the past 45 years and has now involved his adult children in running the coffee business. While Gene had his hands in a number of businesses, he struck success with his two coffee farms, earning him placement as the 3rd place winner in this year's Best of Panama competition in the coveted Geisha Natural category.
Some Serious Select coffees derive from international coffee competitions which seek to rank the best coffee in a particular country in a given year, some are from private auctions - like the world renowned Hacienda Esmeralda from Panama - and still others are the product of experimentation by growers pushing the quality envelope.
Willoughby's participates in many events, sometimes as jurors, always with interest.
These highly sought after and often more expensive coffees are what Serious Select is all about.
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