Introduction to Alida BOP Manor Alida Coffee beans from Panama

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Alida is the premier manor in Panama. Half of the area of the manor is in the "Baru Volcano National Park" (Volcan Baru National Park). It is an ecological conservation area with rich biodiversity. Baru Volcano is also one of the highest volcanoes in Central America, with seven microclimates at different elevations. Coffee is covered by cloud-shrouded primeval forests all the year round and has a good shade planting environment. The rainy season is very long and can last from May to November. The rainfall is abundant and the sunny period is from the end of February to the beginning of May. From the beginning of planting seedlings, coffee trees take longer to harvest, about four and a half to five and a half years (two or three years longer than usual). The low temperature environment also makes cherries take an extra month to ripen, all these factors form the special flavor of coffee. The coffee varieties planted are Catuai, Caturra, Typica and Bourbon, and Geisha was planted a few years ago. Most of the estates are washed with cherries, and a few are treated by the sun.

The method of sun treatment is to leave the coffee beans in the pulp to dry together, so that the taste of the flesh can easily seep into the beans. In order to dry, the cherry fruit will be moved from the higher altitude planting park to the lower altitude, warmer sun field, which will last for 10 to 12 days. Compared with washed beans, the sun usually has a thicker taste, but the biggest challenge is the fermentation process during the sun. Alida's sun treatment is very delicate and can get coffee with complex flavor, strong fruit flavor and full aroma. His sun treatment is based on small batches of typica, which is more suitable for sun treatment at high altitude. after harvest, it is transported to the leeward hillside for sun exposure. The microclimate on the leeward hillside is dry, hot and windy, which is suitable for sun treatment. in fact, it is similar to our incineration wind.

Alida Manor B.O.P 's victorious army, of course, also entered the B.O.P this year, and won a number of places, this year also won the B.O.P double championship, setting an unsurpassed 94.66 points.

Wilford Lamastus-Honorary President of B.O.P (Best of Panama), the world's most sacred coffee contest, and the owner of Elida Coffee Farm, such a coffee master, the coffee flavor is of course extraordinary.

Alida Manor, which has unique conditions, is one of the highest coffee farms in Panama, with an elevation of 1700 to 1920 meters. Because of the rugged mountain road, our team suffered a lot when driving to visit.

Alida Manor is located at the intersection of the cold air in the north and the warm Atlantic current in the south, coupled with fertile volcanic soil to provide sufficient nutrients for coffee, and part of the area is designated as a national park reserve, and all trees are prohibited from being felled. Create excellent natural ecological conditions.

The owner of Alida Manor told us that in order to stabilize the quality of coffee, a processing plant covering an area of 400 ping was set up. Even if it rains outdoors, there is drying equipment indoors to overcome the shortcomings of the weather, so the coffee is produced. Every year, we can get the winning batch from Panama, and it is also loved by the British royal family.