Panamanian Kasha Coffee Grinding degree Taste characteristics introduction of Fine Coffee Flavor

Central America is a long isthmus from northern Mexico to southern Colombia, connecting North and South America. Panama is located in the southernmost part of Central America, so the country runs from east to west, not from north to south as people think. This means that the coast of the Caribbean (Atlantic) is in its north, while the Pacific is in the south.

Panama is by far the narrowest country that shares the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. And this has a far-reaching impact on coffee production. In the coffee-producing area of Chiriqu í, the hometown of world-famous estates such as Hacienda La Esmeralda, Elida Estate, Finca Nuguo, and Finca La Mula, it is only 60-70 kilometers from the sea.

The oceanic climate is a huge system that covers the entire hemisphere. Other currents in the Caribbean originate as far away as Iceland, while some east-west currents in the Pacific Ocean originate half a world away off the coasts of Japan and Indonesia. On the island of Panama, which is less than 100 kilometers wide, these global climate systems intertwined and collided, creating amazing microclimate change. The wind swirled and changed direction; it rained without warning, and the clouds floated on the hills with fog and ice rain.

And the boutique coffee farms in Panama, in the middle of these chaotic climates.

The interaction between ● climate and environment creates a charming flavor.

Willem Boot, owner of two Panamanian farms Finca Sao í an and Finca La Mula, also grows Rosa Coffee, which is also an award-winning variety. In February 2015, I went to Finca La Mula Manor with the professional manager of Boot, along with my friend Kelly Hartmann, a Panamanian native. In summer in Panama, the climate from January to April is much drier than when I first visited Panama. But Boot reminds me that when you get to the farm, you will find that "dry" is only relative. "this is basically a forest in the clouds, and when the clouds come, the temperature will drop sharply." This is how Boot describes it. We climbed the steep hillside of the manor and passed through the thick clouds, which covered everything.