The fresh and elegant taste of Alida Manor Fine Coffee Bean planting situation, geographical location, climate, simple altitude

Thanks to Boquete's unique climate, dry and wet seasons, abundant sunshine and precipitation, and fertile soil formed by volcanic ash from Baru volcano, coffee cultivation at Lerida Estate quickly became a climate of its own. In 1929, coffee beans from the estate were exported to Germany for the first time, earning a good reputation for Panamanian coffee. Over the next three-quarters of a century, Lerida coffee cultivation as a family estate continued to develop and formed its international reputation.

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The coffee is grown at an altitude of 1500 meters, surrounded by a well-protected natural tropical ecological park, and the nearby Baru Volcano National Park and La Amistad National Park are natural flora and fauna reserves, all of which form the unique microclimate of the estate and create its unique flavor.

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This bean is fully washed and processed. The appearance is fresh emerald green. The beans are full and shiny. It is a hard bean with high density. Roasted to a high degree of obvious fruit aroma display, the entrance is also juice-like sweet and sour, bright and refreshing. Bake a little deeper, the sweetness of vanilla and nectar in the dry fragrance blend together, making people intoxicated, high+ baking degree, acidity decreased, alcohol increased, and sweetness also increased significantly, fruit acid also appeared softer and more vivid, in the aftertaste can still feel strong sweetness and rich fruity.

Panama Chiriqui Boquete Finca Lerida Plantation

Panamanian Province of Chiriquí Poquete Lerida Estate Coffee

I have always preferred the strong taste of African beans, and the impression of Central American beans seems to me to be synonymous with moderates, whether Costa Rica or Guatemala, Caribbean island coffee is closer to "juice." And this Panama really gave me an unexpected surprise. The refreshing fruit acid is obviously more vivid than other countries in Central America and closer to the sweet and sour aroma of ripe fruit. On the mouth, besides balanced clarity, rich sweetness and slightly syrupy taste enhance its smoothness and vividness. In addition to the floral and citrus flavors, the overall taste is not inferior to rose summer.

Panama Chiriqui Boquete Finca Lerida Plantation Panama Chiriqui Boquete Finca Lerida Plantation

Panama Chiriqui Boquete Finca Lerida Plantation Panama Chiriqui Boquete Finca Lerida Plantation

Keywords: caramel sweet, sweet, pure, balanced, medium alcohol

Raw Bean Information:

Grower: Familia Chiari

Region: Poquet, Chiriquí, Panama

Variety: Fully washed

Height: 1500 m

Harvest period: October to March

Soil: volcanic ash soil

La Esmeralda is Price Peterson's father, Swedish banker Rudolph A. Peterson bought Hacienda La Esmeralda, a former president of the Bank of America and a big shot in the financial world at the time. Rudolph bought Hacienda La Esmeralda only for vacation and later retirement. He should not have expected that the estate would become world-famous and even become a representative of Panama's fine coffee estates.Price took over and divided the market into three brands (Esmeralda Special,Diamond Mountain grows,Palmyra) according to altitude and microclimate, cup test performance and planting varieties.

Palmyra (Rainforest Alliance Certified) This brand of coffee is grown in the Baru Volcano Park area, all Catuai species, she is typical of Panama Bouqete high altitude coffee flavor. Elida Manor is located in the Poquet region of the western border province of Panama-Chery, where the most famous landmark and tourist attraction is the Baru volcano at an altitude of 3300 meters-one of the highest volcanoes in Central America, with a total area of about 14000 hectares. According to altitude can be divided into 7 different microclimate zones, volcanic range has many rare plants, birds and mammals habitat, Boquet production area is located in the east of Baru volcano, is a valley area by volcanic lava flow, and Panama's other well-known coffee production-Vulcan Valley (Volcan Valley) next to the volcano.

Boquet is Panama's most popular coffee producer, with many famous estates-such as the Emerald Estate, famous for its Geisha variety.(Esmeralda), Best of Panama Hartman, Mamakata (Mama Cata), Kotowa Estate, Santa Teresa Estate, etc., and Elida Estate itself is also a heavyweight star estate in the Boquet region-winning the Best of Panama award for the past five years in a row, second only to Emerald Estate. Elida Estate has a total area of 65 hectares, more than half of which are located within the Baru Volcano National Park, 30 hectares of which are planted with coffee trees and the remaining 35 hectares are virgin forests. Coffee is grown at altitudes ranging from 1670 to 1850 meters, making it one of the two highest coffee estates in Panama (the other one at this altitude would be Carmen Estate in the Vulcan Valley).

Coffee beans in the European and American markets are basically Italian blended coffee beans: Espresso (as long as more than two kinds of coffee beans are mixed together and deeply roasted, they can be called Espresso Italian coffee beans. Most Italian coffee rarely uses high-altitude fine coffee beans as a formula, and Europe and America are no exception). There are very few single coffee! Not to mention manor coffee beans, Europeans drink coffee is the pursuit of strong taste (their eating habits!), They rarely drink single-item coffee; single-item coffee is often roasted less deeply than Espresso Italian style, and the taste is not as strong as Espresso, so these high-altitude manor boutique single-item coffee is basically purchased by some consumers such as British Royal and Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Daliu, etc. These customers are just like the requirements for good tea, that is, they require to taste the pure taste of the origin and the benefits of coffee to the body; In fact, many Chinese people in the pursuit of product quality requirements are much higher than Europe and the United States, but domestic due to various reasons to buy good products need to spend some energy; because Europeans and Americans mainly drink Espresso Italian coffee, so it is difficult to buy high mountain manor coffee beans abroad.

The following coffee producing areas are only some varieties. Some coffee beans from some producing areas are harvested very little every year. It is common that they cannot be bought. Customers often ask what kind of coffee is good to drink. In fact, it is difficult to say. Many manor fine coffees need to retain the characteristics of their growing environment when roasting. The roasting will not be as deep as Italian coffee.(The deeper the coffee is roasted, the more the characteristics are lost), there will be some acidity, but the better the coffee origin, the weaker the acidity, the purer the taste and the lower the bitterness. A real cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is this perfect taste.