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The Ireta Manor, one of the large coffee farms in Panama.

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/09/19, Ireta Manor, one of the large coffee farms in Panama, has an ideal environment for coffee growth, volcanic ash soil, good moisture and sun balance. Panamanian coffee grows at an altitude of more than 1400 meters, and the low temperature will make the coffee grow longer, which is more conducive to the development of flavor and aroma. The biodiversity here is very precious, almost all the coffee

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Panama has the ideal environment for growing coffee, volcanic ash soil, good humidity and sun balance.

Panama coffee grows at altitudes above 1400 meters, and lower temperatures allow coffee to grow longer, more conducive to flavor and aroma development.

Biodiversity is precious here. Almost all coffee is grown in shade. The pristine rainforest provides habitat for birds and other wildlife, as well as protection. Irrigated crops draw entirely from natural water sources.

BOQUETE Panama is located in Chiriqui province on the border with Costa Rica. It is the origin of Panama's famous GEISHA coffee and is famous for producing high-quality Arabica coffee. TEDMAN & MACINTYRE ESTATE, located 4000 feet above sea level in the mountains of Porgate, originated from two of Panama's earliest coffee families, the TEDMAN family and the MACINTYRE family.

In 1925, Canadian fruit merchant Alexander DUNCAN MACINTYRE (ALEXANDER DUNCAN MACINTYRE ) was infected by his brother Joseph and settled in Porgate. In the same year, he married ANGELA ROSAS and bought a manor named "LA CAROLINA" to start growing coffee. Their descendants still own the estate and it has become one of the most famous coffee estates in the area.

There are three types of plantation: sun plantation, full shade plantation and half shade plantation. Plantations with more than 50 trees per hectare are full shade plantations;25-50 trees are half shade plantations, and 25 or less are sun plantations.

What effect does shade and no shade have on coffee grown in two neighboring plantations under the same conditions? Shade plantations can slow down the ripening time of coffee fruits, which makes coffee cherries have more flavor substances, so shade itself increases costs and reduces production. Its coffee flavor is higher than that of semi-shade plantations with the same planting conditions. Most plantations in Colombia are now a state of association between coffee trees and bananas. Because Arabica trees are getting dwarfed, they play a role in shading when banana trees rise.