We are a coffee farm in Boquete , Alto Jaramillo, Panama we grow caturra,catuai,pacamara, bourbon and Geisha coffee at 1500 meters altitude under shade in volcanic soil,our coffee is hand picked, fermented, hand washed and sun dried & stored in parchment when dry for approx 3 months. Our farm consists of approximately 10,000 trees
our regular coffee is a blend of Bourbon,Caturra & Catuai coffees all 50% shade grown at 4,500 to 5,500 ft altitude in rich volcanic soil. We also grow Geisha coffee.
We process our coffee the traditional way, that is, it is hand picked only when it is ripe & red. The coffee cherries are then floated in tubs. any coffee that floats is inferior because of unseen defects (anywhere from 5 to 10%) & it is not processed any further. the good coffee is then ex pulped in hand crank machines & left out in mesh bags for approximately a day to let it's honey drip out. After this it is rinsed in fresh water & put in trays to sun dry until it contains 10 to 12% humidity. it is then sealed in large bags & put in our storage shed for a minimum of 60 days before it is roasted or sold in parchment to home roasters or coffee shops that roast their own. When we roast, We only roast about 50 to 100lbs at a time so as to keep the coffee as fresh as possible.
This process is completely different to the process used by most large growers who in addition to the coffee they grow They buy their beans from different growers who grow in all kinds of different inferior altitudes,sun & soil conditions. they also machine dry their beans with large industrial blowers/driers & roast massive amounts at the same time although the process we use is more labor consuming & expensive for us, we & our clients, believe that it makes a difference in flavor.