What is geisha coffee? The past life and present life of the flavor discovery of Panamanian rose summer coffee bean varieties.

The so-called rosy summer generally refers to Panamanian rosy summer, although coffee originated in Africa, and the reason why rosy summer can be known in the coffee industry, one is that it was first recognized in 2001, Panamanian Jade Manor was recognized for its unique flavor, and since 2004, it has won the BOP championship of Panama Coffee Raw Bean Competition for many times.

The pronunciation of Geisha is similar to the Japanese word for "geisha". Around 2006, Mr. Yuan of Ka Lu Meng Coffee imported Panamanian rose summer to China for the first time, with various explosive flavors of flowers and fruits, and named this variety Rosa in Chinese, which has been in use ever since. So many people often refer to Rosa coffee beans as geisha coffee beans. Rosa coffee beans come from the Kafa forest of Mount Rosa in Ethiopia. In 1931, an Englishman collected coffee beans in the forests of Mount Rosa in southwestern Ethiopia and exported them to Kenya in 1932. It was introduced to Uganda and Tanzania in 1936 and Costa Rica in 1953, while Panama was introduced from CATIE in Costa Rica by Mr. Francesca Serraxin of Dongba Seven Farm Garden in the 1970s.

Rosa coffee was introduced to Panama because of its low yield and people did not want to cultivate it, so it was planted in the windbreak forest to protect other coffee trees. It was not until 2003 that the son of the Panamanian emerald owner smelled a charming smell of flowers in a pile of processed coffee beans and found the beans from the windbreak forest. After verifying that this is a rose variety, it was distinguished separately in 2004 and won the championship in the BOP raw bean competition. As a result, Rosa Coffee became famous overnight and established the status of Jadeite Manor in the boutique coffee industry.

Compared with other coffee varieties, the biggest characteristic of Rosa coffee variety is that its yield is very low, and its shape is characterized by long branch nodes, long distance between nodes, less flowering and less fruit. Rosa coffee beans are slender in shape, with pointed beans at both ends and fat and plump in the middle. Rose summer varieties are very "picky" about the growing environment, and they are required to be planted in areas with high altitude, cloud shade or a large number of shade trees and fertile soil in order to have rich and charming flower fragrance, delicate and elegant fruit acid and tea-like sweet taste.