Panama - Longboard Coffee - Misty Mountain - Geisha - Natural #35

Longboard coffee is a very famous name within the coffee industry - Justin manages 3 farms, and we have the absolute pleasure of releasing a Natural lot from Misty Mountain. Justin works beyond organic and biodynamic principles with his coffees - using no chemicals at all, and fully working with mother nature to achieve an incredible depth, complexity and flavour profile with his coffees. He has started with untouched native forests of the highlands above Boquete, in Panama, and simply removed the understory and replaced with Geisha. This allows the coffee to grow in harmony with the surrounding forest, and doesn't interfere, and isn't over producing cherries. 

This Natural lot comes from Misty Mountain, also on a south facing slope, and has a thick mist that covers the farms most afternoons. This mist slows the maturation of the cherries, and means that often the cherries are picked at a deep purple colour of ripeness, which increases sugars and sweetness in the final cup. This lot is fermented in cherry first for just 24 hours with native bacteria present on the fruit. It's then laid in the sun on raised beds for 1 day, before being slow dried in a temperature and humidity controlled dark room for 30 days. After this, it's rested in cherry for 90 days in a cold room to stabilise. 

Check out the video we made earlier this year, to learn a bit more about Justin and the amazing work he does at Misty Mountain. I strongly urge you not to miss this incredible experience of Justin's coffees, as they are rare and hard to find at the best of times! These lots have been resting, and then frozen at their peak, in July this year. We have defrosted and roasted them for you now in December! If you know about the way Justin produces coffee, and have tasted his lots before, you know that the price here for the quality is absolutely justified - don't wait for this one - it will go very quickly!