Introduction to the elegant and complex Cupid Coffee Manor in Panama

When the commodity price of coffee was relatively low, the Panamanian Fine Coffee Association organized a competition called "Best Panama": coffee beans from different parts of Panama were ranked and auctioned online. Esmeralda Manor has been growing a kind of coffee called "Geisha" for many years, and the auction has made their coffee known to more people. Then they won the first place in the competition for four consecutive years from 2004 to 2007, and then won the competition again in 2009 and 2013. It kept breaking records until it was priced at $21/lb in 2004 and then rose to $170/lb in 2010. In 2013, a small portion of the sun-treated coffee was sold for $350.25/lb. There is no doubt that this is the highest price ever sold for a single manor coffee.

Unlike some other high-priced coffee (such as cat shit, Blue Mountain), the coffee quality of this estate is really up to its price level, although high demand and market factors also play a role. This record-breaking coffee tastes unusual: bright and strong floral and citrus flavors, full of tea. These are all derived from the dominant Geisha species of the variety "Geisha", which was discovered in the rose summer forest of Ethiopia in 1931 and sent to the Coffee Research Institute in Kenya; introduced to Uganda and Tanzania in 1936, introduced to Costa Rica in 1953, and Panama was introduced in the 1970s by Mr. Francico Serraxin of Dongba Seven Farm Garden from Costa Rica CATIE to seed and began to grow Rose Summer Coffee.

Geisha, sweeping the coffee world with the power of a hurricane, the coffee revolution is so fierce that the blue mountains of Jamaica and Kona of Hawaii, which have long occupied the throne of the coffee kingdom, have to stay away. This wild species, which originated in Ethiopia, is now widely used in major coffee producing areas after numerous battles, and its best spokesman is the "LaEsmeralda" estate from Panama.

History of Esmeralda Farm: founded by Hans Elliot, a Swede, in 1924, Esmeralda Farm was not a coffee grower but a ranch. Forty years later, in 1964, Mr. Danielupidason's grandfather, Ruth Lover. Mr. Bidasson bought Esmeralda Farm in order to have an old home after retirement. His grandfather, Mr. Ruth Lover Bidasson, was born in Sweden and was president of the Bank of America and director of United Nations development. His son, Mr. Brais Bidarsson, moved to Panama from California in 1973 and inherited to run his father's farm. In 1987, most of the farms were changed to grow coffee. In 1994, he invested in the machinery and equipment of refined coffee in order to create a brand. Mr. Brais Bidarson and his wife Susan also raised three children, Elligu (born in Philadelphia in 1966). Rachel (born in Sweden in 1967) and Danielu (born in Panama in 1974) Panama's geographical advantage is that it has many distinctive microclimate areas suitable for coffee cultivation, and Panama also has many dedicated and professional coffee growers. This means there will be a lot of very good coffee in Panama, but these coffees are often associated with high prices.

The high price of coffee in Panama is mainly caused by the following factors:

Land price: for the people of North America, they very much want to buy a stable and beautiful land at a low price. Panama is such a place;

More farmers in Panama grow coffee for export in the name of manors to emphasize their own manors;

Panamanian labor law has higher requirements for labor employment, so the coffee industry has to pay higher wages, which has to be paid by consumers.

Esmeralda Manor

When it comes to coffee prices, we should pay great attention to a manor in Panama, and it can even be said that so far, no other single estate has had such an impact on coffee farming in Central America. This is Esmeralda Manor, which belongs to and is run by the Peterson family.