At our cost of $198 per pound, we have determined that a 12oz cup of Hacienda La Esmeralda’s “Esmeralda Especial” will cost $22 for a 12oz cup. We kicked around the idea of making an 8oz size, but decided in the end that the best way to represent the coffee on the Clover was at 12oz. This price allows us to cover our cost of the coffee and offer something truly special to our customers. We recommend you bring a friend to our Strip District cafe and split it.
Speaking of price, the sales tax alone is actually higher than what most cafe’s in Pittsburgh charges for a 12oz coffee.
Here’s the tale of the tape…
Specialty Coffee Association of America Reveals World’s Best Specialty Coffee
Panama’s Hacienda La Esmeralda Wins an Unprecedented Third Consecutive SCAA Roasters Guild Cupping Pavilion Competition
SCAA’s 19th Annual Conference & Exhibition
LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Panama coffee estate, Hacienda La Esmeralda, reached the highest level of coffee supremacy May 7 when it was recognized for having the world’s best specialty coffee for a record third consecutive year. The coffee producer set the mark by winning this year’s Specialty Coffee Association of America’s (SCAA) 2007 Roasters Guild Cupping Pavilion Competition in Long Beach, Calif. The coffee producer previously won the 2005 and 2006 Cupping Pavilions. The 2007 event took place at SCAA’s 19th Annual Conference & Exhibition.
Hacienda La Esmeralda’s winning coffee–from the Jaramillo region of Boquete, Panama–was one of 104 of the finest coffees that participated in the three-day international competition.
2007 Cupping Pavilion Results:
1. Hacienda La Esmeralda, Panama
2. El Injerto, S.A., Guatemala
3. Delicafe S.A., Costa Rica
4. Jesus Mountain Coffee Company, Nicaragua
5. Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, Ethiopia
6. Ka’u Farm & Ranch Company LLC, Hawaii
7. Carmen Estate, Panama
8. Cafe Importa, Colombia
9. Ka’u Farm & Ranch Company LLC, Hawaii
10. Volcafe Specialty Coffee, Ethiopia
11. C.I. Racafe & Cia S.C.A., Colombia
12. Cafe de El Salvador, El Salvador
More than 30 experienced judges selected the winning coffee by cupping, or thoroughly evaluating the scent and taste of each coffee sample. The judges specifically assessed six distinct attributes of the coffee samples, including: fragrance, aroma, taste, flavor, aftertaste and body.
| 2007 Best of PanamaGROWER PROFILEHacienda La Esmeralda | |
| Coffee Name: | Esmeralda Especial |
| Lot #: | pa2007-01 |
| Bag Weight: | 22.70 kg. (50 lbs.) |
| Variety: | Geisha |
| Elevation: | 5412 fts |
| Avg. Rainfall: | |
| Owner: | Hacienda La Esmeralda |
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| Web Site: | http://www.haciendaesmeralda.com/ |
| Cupping Notes: | Intensely fragrant and aromatic, with exotic jasmine and orange-blossom notes, it has bright, sweet acidity, and is explosively floral on the palate. Drying method Solar % humidity 11.5 Dry Processing method Above screen 16 & below 20, densimetric & manual selection |
Since we are talking about the world’s most expensive beans, our cost was $198/pound, understand that this will not be an inexpensive cup of coffee. Our margin on each cup of Esmeralda will be slim, but we didn’t purchase this coffee to make a big profit. We are as intrigued as anyone to see how Esmeralda stacks up against all the other great coffees we’ve served in our shop over the past couple of years. Many are calling it the finest coffee in the world- it is certainly the most coveted.
