Panama Finca Isabel

Grower

Finca Isabel

Altitude

1400 – 1800 masl

Variety

Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, and Typica

Soil

Sandy loam

Region

Jaramillo Abajo, Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama

Process

Fully washed and dried in the sun and mechanical driers

Harvest

November - March

Certification

Conventional

Regional Details:

Panama is an origin that constantly makes headlines in the specialty coffee world mostly associated with the renowned Gesha variety.  But there are a number of complexities that influence specialty coffee and it would be a mistake to reduce the complexity of this famous growing region to nothing more than plant variety.  With this lot from Finca Isabel, there is an opportunity to explore the impact of terroir and generations of coffee knowledge passed into the process.  Finca Isabel has 500 acres cultivated with coffee, meticulously divided into plots with distinct varieties planted based on landscape and micro-climates, which influence the maturation and ultimate quality of a coffee seed in different ways.

Processing Details:

Harvested cherries from Finca Isabel are delivered to Beneficio El Bajareque, which has an experienced team and onsite infrastructure to ensure attention to detail during the post harvest process.  This lot is picked with a keen attention to cherry maturation.  The ripe cherries are floated to remove less dense and damaged seeds, and then depulped, fermented, washed and mechanically dried.