{"product_id":"hacienda-la-esmeralda-natural-gesha-porton-2nb-by-rachel-peterson-panama","title":"Hacienda La Esmeralda Natural Gesha Portón 2NB by Rachel Peterson, Panama","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePortón 2NB — Rachel Peterson \u0026amp; Family\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Gesha · Hacienda La Esmeralda · Panama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA return to Portón.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast year, we shared this remarkable microlot from \u003cstrong\u003eHacienda La Esmeralda\u003c\/strong\u003e. This harvest, we chose it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortón 2NB\u003c\/strong\u003e comes from the Portón plot at \u003cstrong\u003eEl Velo\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the farms that make up Hacienda La Esmeralda in the highlands of Panama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are few names in coffee with the significance of Esmeralda. But reputation alone is never enough for us to select a coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe returned to Portón because of what was in the cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTaste description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is natural Gesha with remarkable clarity.\u003cbr\u003eThe aromatics are intensely floral, moving between \u003cstrong\u003echerry blossom and lavender\u003c\/strong\u003e, before opening into ripe \u003cstrong\u003ecantaloupe, strawberry and orange\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a beautiful tension between the sweetness of the natural process and the delicate structure of the Gesha underneath. The fruit is generous, but never heavy. The acidity remains bright and precise, with a silky texture and a long floral finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCherry Blossom · Cantaloupe · Strawberry · Orange · Lavender\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePortón\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePortón is an individual production plot within \u003cstrong\u003eEl Velo\u003c\/strong\u003e, part of Hacienda La Esmeralda.\u003cbr\u003eThe 2026 harvest of Portón 2NB was picked in January before a 12-hour whole-cherry fermentation and slowly dried on raised beds for approximately \u003cstrong\u003e23 days\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no elaborate fermentation protocol here.\u003cbr\u003eExceptional ripe fruit. Careful drying. Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe natural process develops sweetness and depth while allowing the florality and transparency that made Esmeralda Gesha famous to remain unmistakable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHacienda La Esmeralda\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew farms have influenced modern specialty coffee as profoundly as Hacienda La Esmeralda.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2004, the Peterson family presented a separated Gesha lot from their Jaramillo farm at the \u003cstrong\u003eBest of Panama\u003c\/strong\u003e. Its extraordinary jasmine aromatics and clarity challenged existing ideas of what coffee from Panama could taste like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coffee won the competition and went on to set a new auction record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore importantly, it changed how the coffee world thought about \u003cstrong\u003evariety, altitude, terroir and individual plots\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than twenty years later, Rachel Peterson and the Peterson family continue that work, separating individual plots and harvests so that subtle differences in place, maturity and processing can be experienced in the cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePortón is one of those expressions.\u003cbr\u003eAnd this year, it was a coffee we wanted to experience again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rachel Peterson \u0026amp; the Peterson Family\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hacienda La Esmeralda\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e El Velo\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlot:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portón\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLot:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2NB\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chiriquí, Panama\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gesha\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrying:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 23 days on raised beds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA coffee we knew. 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