Panamanian Coffee producing area Pocket Manor introduces the Historical Story of Rose Summer Coffee Bean in Jade Manor

Panama is a rising star in the boutique coffee industry. In Boquete, in particular, farmers are taking Arabica coffee cultivation to new levels, and recent small boutique auctions have set record, if not stupid, prices. Still, some of the coffee is great. Gesha is a variety from Ethiopia and has been planted here with good success, while the other varieties mentioned above can also produce excellent results.

Population (2018): 4.1 million

Coffee output: 100000 bags (60 kg)

Country bag capacity: 132 lbs-60 kg

Domestic consumption: 50000 bags

Coffee export: 50000 bags

Acreage: 26000 ha (64200 acres)

Harvest: October to February

Arabica Coffee introduction: Arabica coffee was imported from Costa Rica in 1820.

Specialty coffee producing areas: Boquete and Volcan, Volcan Baru near Chiriqui.

Grade: strict hard beans (SHB), HB.

Farms: about 30000 farms.

Plant varieties: Typica, Caturra, Gesha, Catuai, Pacamara.

When it comes to Rose Summer, we must introduce the famous Panamanian Jade Manor.

The land that formed Hacienda La Esmeralda was first merged into a single manor by a Swede named Hans Elliot in 1940. The land covers several hundred hectares and is located on what is now the Palmira and Ca ñ as Verdes farms. In 1904, a Swedish-American banker named Rudolph A. Peterson (1967-2003) bought Hacienda La Esmeralda as a retirement company. At that time, the land was mainly a pasture for beef cattle, mixed with a small amount of coffee.

By 1975, the Petersons had turned their farm into cows, which performed quite well and still account for half of Esmeralda's land. In the mid-1980s, the family sought further diversification, and coffee with a rich production history in the Boquete region was an excellent opportunity.

Coffee has been grown on and around Hacienda La Esmeralda since at least 1890, and it was this vast pool of coffee knowledge and culture that helped Peterson redevelop most of their coffee land, even in Palmira in 1988. Now, it is worth mentioning that coffee is almost entirely an undifferentiated mass market in Panama. It was not until the mid-1990s that some North American coffee buyers began to talk widely about specialty coffee.

In 1997, Petersons bought the land, which later became Jaramillo Farm. The plot on both sides of Volcan Baru is specially selected for its high altitude, hoping to develop a higher score, more lively, more delicate coffee. In other words, growing the famous geisha coffee on this farm is just a chance, and you can read a story here in depth.

After the 2004 event and the official appearance of a geisha at the best auction in Panama, Peterson focused most of his attention on developing the infrastructure to support excellent batch separation, meticulous handling and healthy auction formats. With the increase of auction price, the demand for experiments such as natural processing is getting higher and higher, and the specificity of batches is getting higher and higher.

Delivering this infrastructure allows Hacienda La Esmeralda to look to the future with confidence, and in 2007, the Petersons began a 10-year coffee variety research project. More than 400 different varieties (or subvarieties) are planted at high elevations on Hacienda La Esmeralda's newest farm, El Velo.

It is found that the amazing flavor and fragrance of a geisha is a coincidence of high separation from the location. It is hoped that other interesting and exciting combinations of diversity and microclimate can be found by carefully planting many seeds at high elevations, some of which come from the same species bank that originated in geisha.

Of course, in addition to the Emerald Manor, there are other high-quality estates in the coffee paradise of Pokuit, Panama, such as

Finca Auromar Geisha Natural Manor in Panama also has excellent rosy summer species, in addition to Kotowa Duncan and Elida Estate are very good coffee estates, each has its own advantages.