Panama Coffee Bean Grinding Scale Planting Environmental Treatment Method Manor Introduction

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.

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. All these come from the advantage of "Geisha".

Boquete is a high-altitude volcanic area, because the Baru Volcano volcano brings quite fertile soil, towering terrain, cold and humid air, different sunshine, abundant rainfall, and rivers flow through it, creating high-quality Panamanian boutique coffee. This batch of coffee, grown in the same area as the Jade Manor, happens to be located in continuous valleys and ridges, so it forms several microclimates, and the coffee produced in different regions has its own flavor. Refreshing and comfortable citrus feeling, bright pattern-like Nanyang fruit feeling, slender flower fragrance crisscross exudes a very elegant and generous flavor