About Panama Kotowa Duncan of Catova Duncan Manor in Panama

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Ricardo Koyner, the farmer and owner of Duncan Estate, also produces small batches of premium coffee beans in Panama. Koyner strives for high quality coffee beans, creating organic farms with high yields that most producers cannot match.

Duncan is named after Ricardo's grandfather Alexander Duncan MacIntyre, who immigrated from Canada to Panama in 1913 and became what he is today. While in Canada, Alexander read an article in a newspaper one day describing the pristine geography of Poquet, Panama, and was so curious that he decided to visit Poquet himself.

After he arrived in Poquete, he quickly opened up the local customs and natural valleys. Since then, the Alexander family has grown and processed coffee beans here for four generations.

During the harvest season, only the 100 percent ripe coffee fruit is hand-picked, picked, and then dried naturally in a cool, dry climate on a farm at an altitude of 1700 meters. Sun-dried beans are stored in silos for at least 3 months, a process that gives full flavor. The beans are then carefully sorted by size, weight and color.

Catawal Farms attaches great importance to the preservation of virgin forest surrounding the plantation. They planted more than 500 native tree species to protect the diversity of birds in the forest. At the same time, the farm also provides free medical services for employees and their families, and a nursery for the children of the pickers during the harvest season, providing three meals and school education.

Country: Poquete, Panama

Farm: Catawal Estate

Varieties: Guixia, Bourbon, Kaduai, Kadura, Mixed Bean

Also located at the foothills of Baru Volcano in Poquet, from one side of this farm you can see the Pacific Ocean in the distance and the mountains surrounding the land nearby on the other side.

The region has excellent natural conditions, with the right amount of rain, monsoon, sun and clouds, and even temperature, allowing farmers to produce organic coffee beans with excellent flavor.