Comments on: coffee@home: Flying Goat and the Geisha http://manseekingcoffee.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/flyinggoatsgeisha/ One man's quest to find a better cup of coffee Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:08:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ryan http://manseekingcoffee.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/flyinggoatsgeisha/#comment-289 Ryan Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:21:55 +0000 http://manseekingcoffee.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-289 I was lucky enough to taste freshly roasted Esmeralda with George Howell at Terroir Coffee outside of Boston in July. The first batch was extremely light, very tea-like, and it had that typical lemon-citrus flavor profile commonly associated with the Gesha. It also had a strong darjeeling tea component. The second batch we tried was roasted darker, and the tea qualities were less prevalent, with the body having a more syrupy mouthfeel. He eventually decided those were too light as well, and another batch was roasted and shipped to customers. This batch again had the typical characteristics people associate with Price Peterson's coffee, with citrus, lime, orange and some berry flavors coming through. I just like how this coffee throws people. I was at Stumptown's Annex last year during one of their blind tastings, and I could easily pick out the Esmeralda from the other selections of Ethiopian, Guat. and Kenyan coffees (there might have been a Brazilian thrown in as well). But one other participant, a home roaster very confident in his skills at identifying origins, wanted to bet the coffee wasn't from Panama, and that it was an Ethiopian. He lost, and was just amazed at its flavor profile. I was lucky enough to taste freshly roasted Esmeralda with George Howell at Terroir Coffee outside of Boston in July. The first batch was extremely light, very tea-like, and it had that typical lemon-citrus flavor profile commonly associated with the Gesha. It also had a strong darjeeling tea component.

The second batch we tried was roasted darker, and the tea qualities were less prevalent, with the body having a more syrupy mouthfeel.

He eventually decided those were too light as well, and another batch was roasted and shipped to customers. This batch again had the typical characteristics people associate with Price Peterson’s coffee, with citrus, lime, orange and some berry flavors coming through.

I just like how this coffee throws people. I was at Stumptown’s Annex last year during one of their blind tastings, and I could easily pick out the Esmeralda from the other selections of Ethiopian, Guat. and Kenyan coffees (there might have been a Brazilian thrown in as well). But one other participant, a home roaster very confident in his skills at identifying origins, wanted to bet the coffee wasn’t from Panama, and that it was an Ethiopian. He lost, and was just amazed at its flavor profile.

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