Panamanian coffee breaks auction records

Geisha Coffee ‘Esmeralda Special’ surpassed his own record and established a sales global record of 170.20 dollars.

The “Esmeralda Special” Geisha variety re-heat the coffee market yesterday by breaking the world sales record quoting a price of 170.20 dollars per pound (US$ 375/KG), during the online auction “Best of Panama 2010.”
Japanese Coffee House Saza purchased eight bags of 50 pounds of coffee worth US$ 68,080. Panamanian Geisha Coffee has win for six consecutive years the first place of the auction. The coffee is harvested and processed at La Esmeralda Estate, located in Boquete, Chiriqui.
“Achieving a world record price make us very proud, because this victory brings to Panama on the map of the best coffees in the world,” said Rachel Peterson, owner of La Esmeralda Estate.

Geisha Coffee is doing pretty good job raising Panama’s fame in coffee business, if you have tasted Geisha’s brew, drop me an e-mail. (mikko at darkroast.org)

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