Panamanian Coffee Manor Lelida Coffee Manor what are the characteristics of Lelida Coffee Manor

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Lerida is not only a famous boutique manor, but also a famous ecological leisure hotel. The owner Sonia Amoruso combines the farm with the hotel to enrich the diversity of the manor and actively protects the exuberant pristine rainforest around the farm. There are more than 500 different species of birds in the rainforest, which also makes bird watching a major feature. Internationally renowned ecologists and bird experts often come to this manor for accommodation and research.

History of the estate:

Raida Manor in Panama was founded in 1922 by Tollef B.Monniche, a Norwegian engineer of the Panama Canal, who used his expertise to invent the unique integrated dry and wet treatment plant at that time, as well as the "sifon" siphon coffee fruit treatment system (separating floating beans from the insufficient density in the washing process tank, this machine is now widely used in coffee producing areas all over the world) and patented. The manor has a deep tradition of growing boutique coffee, and its history can be traced back to 1929, when Lelida exported the first batch of coffee beans to Germany, which received high praise and appreciation.

Manor Ecology:

The manor is located in the Baru Volcano area of Boquete, with an elevation of more than 1600 meters. The special microclimate, abundant rainfall in 2000mm, and the temperature difference between morning and evening are large enough. Coupled with the volcanic soil full of nutrients, delicate harvest time planning, rigorous washing and fermentation monitoring and natural sun control, the coffee produced here performs very well in terms of firmness and acidity.

Geisha coffee beans come from Ethiopia

Although geisha coffee beans have flourished in Panama, after being monitored by experts, the variety of geisha coffee beans actually comes from Ethiopia's coffee gene treasure trove, the Kafa Forest, or Gesha Moutain in southwestern Ethiopia, at an altitude of about 1700 to 2100 meters.

It turned out that at that time, geisha was regarded as a kind of coffee bean with strong disease resistance, so it was used to "mix" with other coffee trees to improve the disease resistance of other coffee trees, but the yield of geisha coffee beans was too low. and the flavor is not recorded (note: the author guesses that the environmental flavor in Panama may be better), so it was completely lost for a long time and was not discovered until recently.

Geisha coffee beans are famous.

Geisha coffee beans were actually found in Jhala Miyou Manor, but before talking about this manor, we have to mention the Peterson family. The estate owned by the Peterson family at the beginning is actually the now familiar "Emerald Manor". In 1996, the Peterson family was optimistic about the landscape environment and coffee quality of the Jalami manor, so they bought the whole manor!

The coffee at Jalami Manor tastes very different from Panamanian coffee, with a hint of orange, flowers and fruits, but the Peterson family has not been sure which coffee tree breeds this flavor. therefore, the Peterson family tested the coffee trees in the manor one by one and found that the coffee tree used by the previous owner as a windbreak tree was actually a coffee tree with a unique flavor. As a result, the coffee in the area was immediately independent and took part in the cup test competition in 2004. it was a blockbuster and let everyone know about geisha coffee!