How Much is Panama Finca La Mula Coffee | Panama La Mula Estate Coffee Price

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Degree: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Panama
Roast Level: Medium roast

Panama Jurutungo Honey Caruai

Country: Panama

Grade: SHB

Region: Huoshi Stone Growing Area

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Honey process

Variety: Catuai

Processing Mill: Huoshi Stone Estate

Flavor Notes: Lemon, orange, cranberry, green tea

Cupping Notes: Dried fruit aroma, rich fruit acidity, prominent sweetness on entry, lemon, orange, cranberry, green tea, even and smooth texture, gentle with subtle floral notes, long-lasting sweet aftertaste

Catuai

Catuai is a coffee variety created by artificially crossing Caturra with Mundo Novo. It stands up to natural disasters relatively well, especially wind and rain.

The Catuai tree grows fairly low. Compared with other coffee trees, its fruit holds on more firmly and is not easy to harvest. The cherries come in both red and yellow types. So far no superior taste has been found in yellow fruits over red; on the contrary, some cuppers have found that while certain yellow-fruit coffees have good acidity, their cleanliness falls short of red-fruit coffees.

Catuai was bred in Brazil and is now widely planted across Central America.

Premium Panamanian coffee grows in the western part of the country, near Costa Rica and close to the Pacific. Coffee from the Boquet district of Chiriqui province is the most famous, with Vocan, Santa Clara and Candela also well known. Other areas include the David district, Remacimeinto district, Bugaba district and Tole district. Only coffee grown at altitudes between 1300 and 1500 meters counts as specialty coffee.

"Catuai" is a hybrid of Mundo Novo and Caturra — a second-generation cross. It inherits Caturra's low tree height, which helps carry over that advantage. The name comes from an indigenous language and means "very good." As a member of the Arabica family, Catuai is relatively high-yielding.

Hand Brew Instructions

Hand-brewed Panama Huoshi Stone Estate. 15g of grounds, medium grind (Fuji mountain ghost-tooth blade #4 grind), a V60 dripper, water at 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water and let it bloom for 27 seconds, pour to 105g then stop, wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half before continuing, slowly pour to 225g, and discard the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If the honeyed, lemon-and-orange sweetness of this Panama Catuai suits you, FrontStreet Brazil Queen Farm Yellow Bourbon offers a similar pull in a very different setting. The Queen Farm grows a rare Yellow Bourbon on the fertile red volcanic soil of Mogiana, and the pulped-natural style leaves a clean fruit sweetness — sugarcane-like and bright — alongside chocolate and soft fruit notes. It is equally at home as a pour-over, in a moka pot or through a home espresso machine, and it drinks just as well on its own as it does with milk.