Panama ASD anaerobic low temperature slow sun-drying coffee Santos Manor Rosa coffee bean flavor

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Santos Café Panamá, located in the Nacimento region of Santa Clara, Panama, was purchased by the Lezcano family in 1947 and has been inherited to the fifth generation of the family Diego Lezcano.

Santos estate has been growing coffee since its inception, the area is small, until the acquisition of Latin American motor estate seven years ago began to devote to the production of fine batches of coffee.

Mario Lezcano, owner of the estate, saw the excellent growing environment of La Mimada, a Latin American motor estate, so he bought the land in 2014 and set up a professional team to optimize coffee production. In 2021, the Pacamara "White Stallion" coffee beans produced by the Latin American Motor Estate won the BOP Best Panamanian Traditional Wash Group, and Santos Estate gradually began to attract attention.

Currently, Hacienda Santos has three sub-estates: El Bajo, Bartolo and La Mimada.

The coffee plantation area covers approximately 55 hectares and has 32000 coffee trees. The altitude of the estate is about 1100m-1400m. It is close to Balu volcano. A large amount of volcanic soil is rich in nutrients. During the day, there is sufficient sunshine. The trees in the estate bring appropriate shade to the coffee trees. At night, the temperature will be as low as 13ºC. The obvious temperature difference between day and night allows the coffee beans to absorb more nutrients and present a better coffee flavor.

In addition to rose summer, La Mimada also grows coffee varieties such as Pakamara, Kadura, Kaduai and Yellow Bourbon.

ASD processing

Santos Estate's rose summer uses ASD treatment, also known as anaerobic fermentation low temperature slow sun treatment.

Coffee fruits are picked and fermented in an airtight container for 24-72 hours. The microorganisms and yeasts produced in the container add flavor to the coffee cherries, and then they are spread on a drying bed in thick layers to dry. Because the local temperature is very high in the harvest season, in order to avoid uneven drying, workers will be arranged in the estate to turn once every two hours, at night in order to avoid rain will be covered, the next day will continue to spread drying, about 15 days, until the coffee bean moisture content reaches 11% is the sign of drying completion. Coffee fruits are hand-screened for defects throughout the processing stage, so the resulting coffee beans have a low defect rate and a better flavor.

After ASD treatment, Rosedale coffee presents berry and hawthorn acidity, with a strong aroma of dark berries and a round taste of black tea.

Front Street Coffee: Santos Estate Rose Summer Coffee Bean

Production area: Santos Estate, Poquete, Panama

Altitude: 1400m

Breed: summer rose

Treatment: ASD anaerobic fermentation low temperature slow sun

Flavor: Hawthorn dark fruit fermented black tea finish

In order to preserve the floral and fruity character of Toth Manor's rose summer, the Front Street baker opted for a medium light roast. Front Street Coffee Through the cup test, this rose summer dry fragrance has a strong sense of fermentation, dark flowers, tropical fruits, hawthorn thick acid, taste as soft as black tea.

Because rose summer coffee beans are grown at higher altitudes, the texture is hard. The density of coffee beans does not change much under light roasting degree, so the front street uses higher water temperature and medium fine grinding degree for extraction. The parameters are as follows:

Filter cup: V60 Water temperature: 90-91ºC Powder amount: 15g Powder water ratio: 1:15 Grinding degree: fine granulated sugar (No. 20 sieve bowl sieve powder to 78%)

Three-stage extraction: pour coffee powder into V60 filter cup, wet the powder bed with twice the amount of coffee powder, steam for 30s, then inject small water flow from inside to outside to 125g, wait for the powder bed to drop to half of the filter cup, continue to inject the same fine water flow into the third stage to 225g, until all coffee is filtered and removed from the filter cup, the time is about 2 minutes (10 seconds error).

This Santos Estate rose on the front street presents a dark berry, tropical fruit aroma, hawthorn, roselle thick acid, honey sweet, black tea finish, rich taste, rich layers.

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