Highlights

“Afterglow is Standout's selection of a slow-dried natural Green Tip Gesha from Morgan Estate, the secluded valley outside Volcán, Chiriquí, Panama where Jamison Savage began some of his earliest experiments with carbonic maceration. At approximately 1,850-1,900 metres, a river runs through the property and mature native trees form a dense canopy above the coffee, with Green Tip Gesha growing beneath the established shade in rich volcanic soils. Only ripe Gesha cherries are selected and placed intact onto raised drying beds. Jamison's natural coffees dry slowly through a multi-level raised-bed system that moves through progressively cooler drying stages, with careful turning and monitoring throughout. Drying the coffee inside the whole cherry contributes to Afterglow's ripe fruit character, rounded sweetness and generous texture while preserving the floral structure of Green Tip Gesha. In the cup, Afterglow opens with lifted white florals, followed by ripe strawberry, peach and red grape. As the cup cools the fruit becomes deeper and sweeter, a soft champagne-like character adds lift, and creamy sweetness sits underneath, finishing with lingering fruit.”