COFFEE PROFILE

Juicy and refined, this filter coffee opens with jasmine florals and bright orange citrus, accompanied by sweet plum developed through an extended Natural drying process.

TASTES LIKE	Floral, orange and plum
ROAST	Filter
COMPONENTS	n/a

Story

Iris Estate was founded at the end of 2016 by Jamison Savage, Sasa Sestic and Elvin Siew on volcanic land in Panama's Volcan region, close to Jamison's other project, Finca Deborah. The estate's guiding philosophy is that terroir, not processing technique, should define the cup, so varietals are planted across the property at different altitudes with minimal disruption to the surrounding forest. Afterglow is one of the estate's flagship natural process lots, relying on slow, carefully managed drying to build sweetness and complexity rather than fermentation intervention.

PRODUCER	Jamison Savage, Sasa Sestic and Elvin Siew
REGION	Volcán
VARIETAL	Geisha
PROCESS	Natural
ALTITUDE	1850-2300 masl

Origin

Volcán, Panama

Coffee cultivation in Panama took root in the 1820s as settlers moved into the cooler Chiriqui highlands, with Boquete and Volcan established as serious growing regions by the turn of the 20th century. Geisha arrived in Boquete from CATIE germplasm in 1963 but only found global fame after Hacienda La Esmeralda's lot won the Best of Panama auction in 2004. Since then, competition-grade Panama Geisha - particularly from the high-altitude volcanic soils around Volcan - has consistently commanded some of the highest prices in the specialty coffee world.

BREW GUIDE

How to get the best tasting cup

NOTE THESE ARE A STARTING POINT AND INDICATE A RANGE TO WORK WITHIN

Age Best Used	7-20 days after roast
Brew Parameters	Dose 20g in a V60 and add 300g of water in 5 pours of 60g at 90 degrees C. Start with a 60g bloom for 30 seconds then allow water to drain through each subsequent time before adding more water, aim to finish at 2:30.
Best Freeze Date	7-12 days after roast

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