What are the differences between the flavor characteristics of Ethiopian geisha coffee and Panama geisha coffee?

With its excellent flavor and amazing price, geisha has become one of the most well-known coffee varieties in the world today. Even ordinary coffee consumers have heard of geisha. So it is enough to see that geisha's reputation is really extraordinary.

Like other varieties, geisha will also differ in taste or price due to differences in production area and processing. However, there are two kinds of geishas, which have caused considerable controversy due to their huge differences. They are Panamanian geisha and Ethiopian geisha respectively. Because of the world of difference in price and taste, they have become hot topics of discussion among countless coffee guys. Qianjie Coffee's Tmall Taobao flagship store sells these two kinds of geishas, and there are still a large number of them, so naturally I will receive many inquiries from buyers and friends about these two kinds of geishas: "What is the difference between Ethiopian geishas and Panama geishas? "If the geisha in other producing areas is compared with the Panama geisha, then the difference between them may only be in the producing areas where bean seeds are grown, but the Ethiopian geisha is completely different, because as mentioned earlier on the street, whether it is the price or taste, the difference between it and the Panama geisha is very large. The reason why such differences occur is that we can condense the conclusion into one sentence, that is, different species with the same name. Although they are both called geisha, they are completely different in species.

What does it mean? Qianjie first takes everyone to know the geisha in Panama. If you are a friend who often watches Front Street, you should be very familiar with it! Panama's geisha did not originate in Panama. It was first born in Ethiopia, the hometown of Arabica. The specific location can be traced back to Ethiopia's geisha forest.

In 1931, a British expedition went deep into the ancient forests of Ethiopia to collect coffee in order to find disease-resistant varieties. Among them, the collection area includes the geisha Forest. There, the expedition collected a range of species and named them after the misspelling of "Geisha" of the local place name "Gesha." Subsequently, these varieties traveled to many countries. One of them came to Panama at the end of the 20th century, and its flavor potential was discovered by the Emerald Manor. Finally, it won the championship in the 2004 BOP/Best Panama Raw Bean Competition with its excellent flavor and successfully made the world aware of the characteristics and charm of this variety. And it is the geisha in full swing now.

Then this geisha has a unique number-T2722. The excellent flavor it displays on the field has also become a stereotypical impression of it: rich and elegant white flowers, bright and full citrus fruit notes, and fresh and clean green tea, which is what people call "geisha flavor".

Ethiopia's geisha began to appear many years after Panama's geisha burst! After being shocked by the excellent flavor of Panama's geisha, many people returned to the geisha forest, the birthplace of geisha, trying to find varieties with the same quality or even a higher level there. In the end, many people found a variety with the same appearance as the Panamanian geisha, that is, a variety with a slender body, oval shape, pointed ends, and looked a lot like sausage buns. They used the same naming method to find these varieties.

But even if the appearance is similar and the origin is the same, it may not be the same variety. We can tell this from the taste. Compared with Panama's geisha, most Ethiopian geisha flavors are mainly full and fruity, which tastes more like "juice" than "flower and fruit tea." Of course, this also has a certain relationship with the planting site. However, after genetic identification, it was found that the vast majority of them did not have much to do with the genes of Panama geisha, so they can only be regarded as "distant relatives" of Panama geisha at best. However, because the names are the same, in order to better distinguish the geisha (T2722) that became famous in Panama from them, the World Coffee Research Center specially named the geisha that became famous and domesticated in Panama "Panama geisha." So you can know that although Ethiopia geisha and Panama geisha are both called geisha, they only have the same names, and there are still certain differences in other aspects.

Then one thing everyone needs to note is that although Ethiopia's geisha prices are very friendly to the people, and then the taste is quite different from Panama's geisha, this does not mean that Ethiopia's geisha is of low quality. Because, as previously shared by Qianjie, the price of coffee is not completely linked to the flavor of coffee, but more due to its cost and scarcity. The reason why Ethiopia's geisha has been popular for so long is not only because of its "touching porcelain" name, but also because of its unique flavor and excellent cost performance.

If you want to taste the excellent Ethiopian geisha, there are two varieties of Qianjie Coffee's bean list that you can try. Both of them are very well-known in the circle. One is the Red Label geisha of Qianjie Rose Village. This geisha is a variety found by the owner of geisha Village in Gori geisha Forest. Qianjie uses medium and light baking. When it is processed in the sun, it will be boiled. It will have the flavors of berries, citrus, and oolong tea, which is very good; the other is the newly launched Qianjie Grana geisha, which is a very cost-effective Ethiopian geisha. It is also sun-treated and baked in medium and light. The coffee brewed with it will have apricot peaches, oolong tea, light floral fragrance, light taste, fresh flavor, very good. Then Front Street also introduced a medium roast for SOE production, which will be more suitable for friends who make Italian coffee.

And if you want a classic Panamanian summer, then Front Street Cafe's Front Street Poquette summer would be a great choice. From the appearance, we can see that it is the standard T2722 variety, and then produced in the same production area of Emerald and Elida Panama. The flavor is exactly the rich white flower fragrance mentioned in the front street, citrus fruit rhyme, green tea, and pure geisha flavor such as honey. It is very recommended.

Then the above is the whole content shared by Qianjie this time ~ Interested friends Qianjie will recommend comparing drinks, so that we can taste the difference between the two more directly.

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