Panama Finca Elida planting environment and flavor trend of Alida Manor in Panama?

Panama Finca Elida planting environment and flavor trend of Alida Manor in Panama?

Manor Finca Elida of Panama is located in Boquette, a well-known boutique coffee producing area in Panama. the elevation of the manor is quite high. The average number of batches we purchase is between 1700 and 1800m. Alida Manor itself is in the National Park Reserve. The manor has always maintained a very primitive forest appearance, while retaining many native tree species and edible tomato and plum fruit trees. Because of environmental protection, the Alida manor was not paved with asphalt. It was driven in the manor by the owner Wilford's 4X4 off-road vehicle. With the elevation getting higher and higher, the temperature dropped very significantly, while the cold and cool temperature and the protection of shade trees also provided a very good environment for growing coffee trees.

In addition to the strict maintenance of the manor environment, Wilford has also experimented with quite a variety of sun exposure methods. This batch is a micro batch made of African scaffolding sun. In the stage of sun drying, Wilford requires workers to carefully pick out defective beans that are not good enough. In addition, Alida Manor is also divided very carefully in batches, and each batch of red fruit harvested from the manor will be filled with a different number. It is convenient to track the batch quality and flavor level in the subsequent cup testing stage, and the raw beans purchased by Shoucheng Coffee are introduced to the selected batches of the manor with excellent flavor.

After the first introduction of the famous Manor Elida in Panama in 2012, we selected three batches out of 36 batches together with the owner Wilford! After it was introduced to Taiwan, we carried out cryogenic storage for as long as 6 months, especially in January 2014!

Master George Howell began to advocate the concept of low-temperature storage of raw beans in 2006, but the concept of low-temperature resting was jointly tested by several international friends of the Baking Bean Alliance (referring to JRN in Japan). We found that raw beans in subtropical places need to be kept at low temperature, but different treatments and elevations will also change the time of low-temperature resting. For example, Arida of Panama More than 5 months of low temperature resting can make the flavor more balanced and full development.

Elida Manor is very high above sea level, and some of it is even located in the reserved area of Panama National Park. along the way, the scenery is beautiful, the air is good, and the mountains are rugged, walking like a forest bath. the administrative district of Elida Manor is the town of Bouquete, arriving at Bouquete and then heading for the mountains along the river. Wilford, the owner of the manor, will arrange for his friends to visit the nursery near his hometown and introduce the three main varieties of Elida: Kaduai, Geisha and Criollo.

The processing plant of Elida is halfway between the nursery and the manor, it can also be said to be in the manor, but it is close to the outer edge, because we have to consider that the truck can arrive and carry. When we arrived, there happened to be a batch of sun beans being processed on the same day, next to the simple processing yard and the storage area with shell beans. Above the processing yard is the path to the coffee garden, which is more than 1800 meters above sea level. The path is very small, and only 4x4 vehicles can pass. The trees are lush and beautiful along the way.

Wilford describes the flavor of Elida as nice body, rich chocolate, sparkling acidity, blackberries, navel orange, floral, cherry, hint of savory, umami.

I like to explore the reasons for the unique flavor of the manor. Elida's environment is also suitable for growing high-quality temperate crops, especially berries and cold fruits, which can often be found in coffee. In the manor tasting fresh tree tomatoes and wild berries, with the praise of umami, she really deserves to study the best batch of Elida.

The cup test report and data of kaduai seeds treated with Elida honey are as follows:

Name of the manor: Elida Estate Coffee

Batch name and variety: Elida Honey Process, Kaduai

Marked: Orsir special lot

Harvest year: 2013

Variety: Kaduai

Series: SHB

Altitude: 1800 m

Where the estate is located: Alto Quiel, Boquete

Landowner: Wilford Lamastus

Cup taste test: about the end of an explosion

Dry fragrance: honey, hazelnut, berry, chocolate, cherry

Wet fragrance: flower, toffee, berry, cherry

Sipping: honey, caramel, blackcurrant, changeable flavor, sweet honey, toffee, delicate greasy, apple, sweet lime, sweet and sour aftertaste of dark berries and honey.

The cup test report of Elida tanning treatment card Taiyi seed is as follows:

Cup taste test: about the end of an explosion

Dried incense: passion fruit, milk chocolate, hazelnut, spices, chocolate, mango

Wet fragrance: mango, pineapple and other tropical fruits, milk chocolate, caramel, spices

Sipping: passion fruit, QQ fudge, good grease, sweet flavor of spices, pineapple, mango, hazelnut, toffee, sweet nut chocolate, tree tomato touch, overall sweet