Panama Illeta Estate SHB Caturra Specialty Coffee Bean: Origin, Development, History and Culture

Coffee was introduced to Panama in 1780, when Europeans brought the first batch of Typica coffee trees. Since then, this mysterious and fascinating beverage has conquered the senses of Panamanians, who began to cultivate it widely. Panamanian coffee is exceptionally smooth, with full-bodied, lightweight beans and perfectly balanced acidity. Its premium coffee beans offer pure, distinctive flavors. Due to its widespread popularity, most of Panama's high-quality coffee beans are exported to France and Finland.

Panama's Main Coffee Growing Regions:

Boquete Region: This area produces coffee in large quantities with excellent quality, making it Panama's most productive and high-quality coffee region.

Volcán Region: Coffee from this region is characterized by its mild, balanced flavor. It has gradually gained attention from international experts and coffee enthusiasts, and is expected to soon rival the Boquete region.

Santa Clara Region: Fertile coffee plantations are irrigated and nourished by the clear waters of the Chorerra waterfall, combined with proximity to the Panama Canal, allowing fresh, pure Panamanian coffee to be conveniently shipped worldwide.

Piedra de Candela Region: This region is considered to have the greatest potential for developing high-quality specialty coffee.

This batch of coffee offers the purest original flavors. The Eleta Estate SHB Washed coffee is harvested from high-altitude Catuai coffee beans, featuring intense fruity and floral aromas. Flavor characteristics include creamy bread, apricot kernel sweetness, cane sugar sweetness, rounded acidity, complex aroma, balanced sweet and sour notes, and a pleasant mouthfeel.

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: House-roasted
Shelf Life: 30 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Taste: Neutral
Bean State: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Panama
Coffee Type: Other

Panama MC Santa Clara Eleta SHB Washed

Country: Panama
Grade: SHB
Region: Santa Clara
Altitude: Average 1,600 meters
Processing Method: Washed
Variety: Caturra
Estate: Eleta Estate
Flavor: Creamy bread, apricot kernel sweetness, rounded acidity

Panama has become the hottest coffee country in Central America over the past 5-6 years, mainly due to the Geisha variety grown at Hacienda La Esmeralda, operated by the Peterson family. This coffee has driven enthusiasts wild, earning Geisha the reputation as the world's finest coffee bean. For this reason, the Panama Cup of Excellence auction is held separately from the Central and South American cupping competitions, making it the earliest auction country, held annually in mid-May. Panama coffee impresses not only with its Geisha variety but also with continuous innovations in processing methods. Beyond traditional washed processing, they've adopted honey processing popular in neighboring Costa Rica, and are producing small quantities of naturally processed beans that are gradually gaining traction in Central America, attracting global attention from coffee professionals.

Café de Eleta is located in a small area of the Santa Clara region, just one kilometer from the Costa Rican border, near La Amistad International Park, a major primary forest reserve that belongs to the Central American ecological habitat. The Eleta Estate began acquiring land in the 1970s, covering approximately 130 hectares. Initially focused on vegetable cultivation and livestock operations, coffee planting began in 1995 under the name Café de Eleta S.A. The estate continued to expand its land area and now encompasses 420 hectares, making it one of Panama's large-scale coffee plantations and one of its most renowned premium coffee producers. With abundant water resources, the estate operates a private 530KW hydroelectric power plant, supplying its own electricity needs while selling excess power to Distribución de Electricidad Chiriquí S.A. for grid connection.

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