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Panamanian Los Lajones Estate Farm Introduction Panamanian Coffee Flavors Features

Published: 2024-11-02 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/02, Professional coffee knowledge exchange More coffee bean information Please pay attention to coffee workshop (Weixin Official Accounts cafe_style) Coffee was introduced into Panama in 1780, when Europeans brought in the first batch of Typica species. After this mysterious and strange drink conquered the senses of Panamanians, the locals began to cultivate it. Panamanian coffee is soft, full, light, and

Professional coffee knowledge exchange More coffee bean information Please pay attention to coffee workshop (Weixin Official Accounts cafe_style)

Coffee was introduced to Panama in 1780, when Europeans brought in the first Typica species. After this mysterious and strange drink conquered the senses of Panamanians, the locals began to cultivate it. Panama coffee is smooth, full and light, with a perfect balance of acidity. Its fine coffee beans are pure in flavor and full of character. Medium roast is recommended. Many buyers like to mix Panamanian beans, and almost all of the premium coffee beans are shipped to France and Finland.

Los Lajones Estate is a small and excellent estate located in Boquete, Boquete. Now the owner Graciano Cruz Garcia Cruz is a serious coffee farmer. The farm was the first to develop honey treatment. The basic principle of honey treatment is to harvest only fully ripe coffee cherries and measure the sugar content of the beans. At the end of harvest every day during the mature harvest period, the cherries are immediately collected. After removing the peel and pulp but leaving the fresh mucous membrane on the skin of the beans, they are spread out on bamboo racks, which usually take 10-12 days to dry. The moisture content of the beans at the end of the drying stage is about 11%. Then they are wrapped in parchment paper, machine-removed mucous membrane and cleaned beans. Honey treatment can really solve the problem of building a large amount of money for water treatment plants and sun drying plants. Another advantage is that it can eliminate the problem of excessive fermentation of fresh cherries on the way to transportation, which causes the quality of beans to decline. This can really realize the success of small-scale excellent farms with small yields.

Farm name: Los Lajones Estate

Farmer Farm Owner: Graciano Cruz

Awards: 12th Best of Panama 2008

Region: Boquete

Location: Eastern slopes of Volcan Baru

Country: Panama

Farm Size: 160 hectares

Altitude: 1,750 - 2,100 m

Annual precipitation: 3500 mm

Soil: Volcanic clay

Type of Shade Trees: Incas

Certification: Organic cert. by Bio Latina Certified by Organic Agro-pastoral Organization of Central and South America

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