Gesha - Washed DRD - Elida Estate, Lot Torre

Description

Tastes Like: Bergamot, Gardenia, Lychee Origin: Lot Torre, Elida Estate, Chiriqui, Panama Variety: Gesha Producer: Lamastus Family Elevation: 1,780–1,820 masl Process:  Washed + Dark Room Drying Elida Estate, Lot Torre Lot Torre comes from Elida Estate in Alto Quiel, Boquete, in Panama’s Chiriquí highlands, where the Lamastus family has grown coffee since 1918. The estate’s volcanic soils, cool temperatures, and surrounding cloud forest shape its growing environment. This lot was grown at 1,780–1,820 masl. This coffee was part of the Lamastus family’s preselection of candidate lots for Best of Panama 2026 and the family’s private auction. It is a sister lot to Elida Geisha Washed Torre, which placed first in the Washed Gesha category at Best of Panama 2026. Variety Gesha, also spelled Geisha, is an Arabica variety with Ethiopian origins. Panamanian Gesha is valued for its high cup-quality potential at altitude and often shows delicate floral and stone-fruit aromatics. Cultivation, harvest, processing, and roasting all shape how those characteristics appear in the final cup. Processing The cherries were harvested on the morning of March 23, 2026, and depulped at noon that same day. The coffee then fermented for approximately 24 hours with its mucilage—the sticky fruit layer surrounding the seed—still attached, before entering the dark room for drying. Dark Room Drying, or DRD, uses an enclosed dark room with fans and dehumidifiers to manage airflow and moisture removal. It controls the drying environment without adding a separate fermentation step by itself.