A brief introduction to the unique flavor and flavor characteristics of Panamanian boutique coffee beans

Cup tester KenDavids scored a high score of 93 for coffee at Elida Manor in 2012! Elida is also a regular on the bean list of players from all over the world in the World Barista Competition (WBC). It is also common to see contestants use a single Elida to concentrate SOE in the finals of Taiwan's TBC (Taiwan baristas contest) and domestic CBC (Chinese baristas competitions).

Panama SHB Casa Lois medium baking water wash 69.00 138.00 flowers, citrus slightly sour, clean and bright taste

Panama (free delivery in Guangdong Province) SHB Ilieta Manor medium baked water washed 75.00 150.00 cream bread, almond sweet, sour round

Panama SHB (including 30% roses) Cupid Manor medium baked honey treatment washing 79.00 158.00 white grapes, caramel, honey, black tea

Caisan Louis Manor

Panama boquete casa ruiz S.A.

Caesar, the Borquat region of Panama. Louis

[cup test] clean and fresh fruit flavor, elegant and charming flower aroma, citrus slightly sour, bright and delicate taste, full fruit sweet aroma.

[country] Panama

[producing area] Bocquette

[manor] CASA RUIZ S.A. Caesar. Louis

Washing treatment

[variety] 40%Typica 30%Caturra 20%Catuai 10% Mundo Novo and Bourbons Bons

[altitude] 1400 m

[grade] SHB

Volcanic soil

Caesar of Panama. Louis Manor, founded in 1920, is located in the Boqui specialty area of Mount Baru, located in the Poquette Valley of Mount Baru in northwestern Panama. After three generations of coffee planting experience, the family combines more than 300 local small family farms, and small farm coffee farmers join partners from planting, post-processing, baking and marketing, unlike a single manor that cannot increase the scale of production. There is a variety of Typica Caturra Catuai Mundo Novo and Bour Bons. The average annual rainfall is 3000 mm (between May and November), the annual average temperature is 14-24 degrees, and the elevation is more than 1400 meters.

Casa Ruiz, S.A. The family and his coffee partners chose to follow the Boquete growing area, which is traditionally environmentally friendly and maintains the natural ecosystem, and because the natural trees in the area provide rich natural environmental resources, the environment has become a transit habitat for migratory birds.

Casa Ruiz, S.A., Panama. Because of his high-quality technology, strict control of every detail, layer upon layer of screening, recording and review, he is undoubtedly one of the best estates in Best of Panama, from raw bean appearance, consistency and freshness to dry aroma and flavor. He is very characteristic in aroma performance, clean and fresh taste, peculiar fruit flavor and aroma, exudes elegant and charming flower-like fragrance, rice straw fragrance Aroma of almond tea, ripe apple, fermented ripe fruit, raspberry, cherry, jujube, brown sugar, jasmine, orange, solid sweetness, mild, clean and balanced, long-lasting, lively and rich fruit.

Alida Manor

[name]: Alida Manor Sunshine (ElidaNatural)

[producing area]: sun (Boquete)

[manor]: Alida Manor (Elida)

[variety]: Catuai85%, Typica&Bourbon15%, Geisha (a small amount)

[treatment]: Natural

[altitude]: more than 1800 meters

[planting soil]: volcanic soil (Volcanicclay)

[flavor description]: tropical fruits, spices, nuts, milk chocolate

The history of the farm dates back to 1918. The farm was owned by the Lamastus family, and the name of the farm, Elida Ellida, was the name of the then farmer, Mrs. RobertLouis Lamastus. Elida Manor is located in the Boquete producing area, the elevation of the manor is almost the highest in Panama, and nearly half of the area is in the National Conservation Park, is a rare ultra-high altitude manor in Central America! Elida Manor has a total area of 65 hectares, more than half of which are located within the Baru Volcano National Park, 30 hectares of the estate are planted with coffee trees, and the remaining 35 hectares are virgin forests. Coffee is grown from 1670 to 1850 meters above sea level, making it one of the two highest coffee farms in Panama (the other estate with these elevations should be Carmen in the Vulcan Valley).

The rugged mountain of Balu is a young volcano with an elevation of more than 3400 meters, which is an active volcano. Due to the great temperature difference in the morning and evening, the coffee in Alida Manor needs 5 years of care before it can be harvested for the first time. The waiting time for receipt is quite long (usually only 3 years for coffee in the producing area). Although the plant grows slowly, it is very helpful to the development of coffee flavor. After entering the harvest period, the ripening period of coffee is often more than a month due to the relationship of temperature. when irresistible factors such as hurricanes and heavy rains come on the eve of ripening, it is well known that it will cause heavy losses, but because the beans do not meet the harvest standards of the manor, under the insistence of quality, refuse to rush to harvest, resulting in a sharp decline in harvest! The risk is actually much greater than that of other low-altitude estates.

There are three main varieties planted in Elida Manor, namely, Catuai (Kaduai), Typica (Iron pickup) and Geisha (Rose Summer). The processing plant of the manor is halfway up the hillside. After the coffee is picked, it can be transported to the factory for processing as soon as possible to ensure that the quality of the coffee fruit is not affected. Of course, Elida's environment is also suitable for growing other high-quality temperate crops, especially tree tomatoes and some uncommon high-altitude fruits, which are interestingly often found in Elida coffee.

In addition to the unique ultra-high altitude and microclimate, Mr. Wilford, the owner of the manor, has also made considerable efforts in harvesting and processing. In order to meet the highest standard, the coffee at Elida Manor is only allowed to pick the most ripe coffee fruit (RipeonPinton) by hand with high maturity and natural high sugar content of pectin, which is also the basis for producing high-quality Elida flavor.

Mr. Wilford, the owner of the estate, in addition to the extremely strict treatment of coffee cultivation, the "purification" after the processing of raw beans is also more stringent than those in the same industry. Alida of Panama, for example, needs to go through more than 5 months of low-temperature Resting to remove green after raw beans are processed, so that the flavor of coffee can be more balanced and full development. (low-temperature Resting is a concept of raw bean purification that was vigorously promoted by coffee master GeorgeHowell in 2006. We found that raw beans in subtropical places need to be kept at low temperature, but different treatments and elevations will change the time of low-temperature Resting. For Alida, Panama, 5 months of low-temperature Resting is the best.)