The Geisha variety originated from Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. It was discovered in the Geisha forest in Ethiopia in 1931 and was sent to the Kenya Coffee Research Institute. It was successively introduced to Uganda, Tanzania, Costa Rica and other countries, and was introduced to Panama in 1970. Geisha did not attract much attention when it was planted in Panama at first. Because it could not achieve mass production, it was used as a windbreak. It was not until the owner of Emerald Manor separated it to participate in the Best of Panama competition and won the BOP championship in 2004 that Geisha attracted much attention.
Different from the traditional "coffee flavor", Geisha has a sweet and complex aroma that makes people think of fresh flowers and various fruits at first, as well as a tea-like taste, instantly breaking people's impression that "coffee only tastes bitter". For example, when tasting Front Street Jade Manor Green Label Geisha, you can smell the pleasant aroma of coffee flowers, cream, yellow lemon, and grapefruit. As the temperature gradually drops, you will have clear flavors of citrus, peach, honey, melon, and sucrose in the mouth, mixed with the sweet aftertaste of green tea and caramel aftertaste.
This is all thanks to Panama’s unique terroir and the foresight of Emerald Manor to plant tall and thin Gesha coffee trees at high altitudes. The result is a high-quality coffee with floral, orange and sour notes. It successfully topped the list of the best Panama coffee competition, and Gesha became an instant hit.
As a popular variety today, Gesha has many titles such as "sky-high-priced coffee", "Hermès in coffee", "top of the coffee industry", etc. Especially Panama Gesha, which is also the most expensive style in many cafes, so it is often ridiculed as "expensive coffee". So what exactly is "expensive" about it?
Front Street Panama Poquette Gesha Coffee Beans
At first, the price of Panamanian Geisha coffee on the market was not too expensive. However, as it won trophies again and again, more and more people were amazed by its delicious taste. Multiple buffs such as scarcity and high grade continued to accumulate. Later, with the support of various auction mechanisms, the selling price of this variety continued to soar. So today it has the title of "sky-high price coffee". The realization of Geisha freedom has become the wish of countless coffee people.
In order to satisfy everyone's "Gesia addiction", some green bean merchants have launched a variety blend dominated by Geisha. For example, the Front Street Butterfly is composed of 70% Geisha and 30% Caduura and Caduai, allowing everyone to taste the unique tangerine honey flavor and elegant floral fragrance of Panama Gesha at an affordable price. You can place an order at the Front Street Tmall flagship store.
Front Street Panama Butterfly Coffee Beans
This very cost-effective blend of Flower and Butterfly Geisha from Front Street is very popular among floral coffee lovers. Considering that Geisha varieties are mostly lightly roasted, the solubility rate of coffee substances in lightly roasted beans is lower than that in dark roasted beans. Therefore, in order to ensure that the Geisha flavor can be fully extracted, a higher water temperature is used for brewing, and a finer grinding degree is also selected.
Filter cup: V60
Water temperature: 90-91 degrees Celsius
Grinding degree: No. 20 standard sieve sieving rate 80%
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Amount of powder: 15g
Pour the coffee powder into the V60 filter cup, moisten the powder bed with twice the amount of coffee powder, form a drum, and steam for 30 seconds. Then pour water in a small circle from the inside to the outside until it reaches 125g. When the powder bed drops to half of the filter cup, continue to pour the same thin stream of water into the third section to 225g until all the coffee liquid is filtered and take out the filter cup, which takes about 2 minutes.
The ground Front Street Butterfly Coffee has a charming orange blossom and citrus aroma. It tastes like berries, oranges, honey, and green tea, with an almond aftertaste. It has a refreshing taste and obvious sweetness.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
