How Much Does Panama Iletta Coffee Cost? Panama Iletta Estate Coffee Prices

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Main Coffee Growing Regions in Panama

Boquete: This region produces coffee in large quantities with excellent quality, making it the area with the highest production and best quality coffee in Panama.

Volcan: Coffee produced in this area is characterized by mild and balanced flavors. It has gradually attracted the attention of international experts and coffee enthusiasts, and is expected to compete on equal footing with the Boquete region soon.

Santa Clara: Fertile coffee farms are irrigated and nourished by the clear river water from the Chorerra Waterfall. Additionally, proximity to the Panama Canal allows fresh, pure Panamanian coffee to be conveniently transported to various parts of the world.

Piedra de Candela: Considered to have the greatest potential for developing large-scale high-quality specialty coffee.

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

Caturra Variety

Caturra is a natural variant of the Arabica Bourbon variety, discovered in Brazil in 1937. Its plant is shorter and smaller than Bourbon. Although it inherits Bourbon lineage, making it relatively weak in disease resistance, its yield is higher than Bourbon. Despite being discovered in Brazil, Caturra is not suitable for growing there, so it was not cultivated on a large scale in Brazil. Instead, it became widely popular in Central and South America, with countries like Colombia, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua growing Caturra extensively.

Compared to these botanical characteristics, you might be more concerned about Caturra's flavor. The higher the altitude where Caturra is grown, the better the quality, but correspondingly, the lower the yield. When Caturra is lightly roasted, its acidic aroma is prominent and the overall profile is bright. With proper processing, its sweetness can perform exceptionally well. However, compared to Bourbon, Caturra has relatively lower coffee body and somewhat lacks in mouthfeel cleanliness.

Typically, Caturra produces red berries, but in extremely rare regions, there are yellow Caturra varieties. For example, Hawaii grows very small quantities of yellow Caturra.

Coffee Bean Classification Systems

Currently, coffee bean grading systems worldwide are not standardized. Each coffee-producing country has its own grading system and grading names. Therefore, you might see text on coffee packaging such as "SHB," "AA+," "Supremo," "Extra-Fancy," "Peaberry," etc. These are coffee bean grade names. Roasted coffee beans sold on the market sometimes indicate the grade of single-origin coffee. The more detailed the coffee grade labeling, usually the better the coffee quality. However, regular coffee typically does not display this information.

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

Panama MC Santa Clara Eleta SHB Washed

Country: Panama

Grade: SHB

Region: Santa Clara

Altitude: Average 1600 meters

Processing Method: Washed

Brewing Instructions

Panama Eleta pour-over. 15g coffee, medium grind (Fujimaru demon-tooth blade #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First infusion with 30g water for 27 seconds bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level drops to halfway, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Eleta Estate

Eleta Estate (Café de Eleta) is located in a small area of the Santa Clara region, 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. Eleta Estate began acquiring land in the 1970s, covering approximately 130 hectares. Initially, it operated vegetable cultivation and livestock farming. In 1995, it began coffee cultivation and was named Café de Eleta S.A., continuing to expand land area until today, reaching 420 hectares. It is one of Panama's large-scale coffee plantations and also one of Panama's best-known premium coffees. Due to abundant water resources, it has a private 530KW hydroelectric power plant that not only supplies its own electricity needs but also sells excess power to Distribución de Electricidad Chiriquí S.A. for grid connection.

Variety: Caturra

Estate: Eleta Estate

Flavor: Creamy bread, apricot kernel sweetness, rounded acidity

Panama Coffee Excellence

Panama has been the hottest country in Central America for coffee in the last 5-6 years, mainly because the Geisha variety grown at Hacienda La Esmeralda, operated by the Peterson family, has driven coffee enthusiasts crazy. Consequently, Geisha has been hailed as the world's top coffee bean. For this reason, the Panama Coffee Excellence Cup competition auction is separate from the Central and South American cupping competitions and is also the earliest auction country, held annually in mid-May. Panama coffee is impressive not only in the Geisha variety but also continuously innovates in green bean processing methods. It not only has traditional washed processing but also the honey processing method popular in neighboring Costa Rica. Additionally, the gradually emerging natural process in Central America is also produced in small quantities in Panama, attracting attention from coffee professionals worldwide.

Coffee was introduced to Panama in 1780 when Europeans brought the first Typica trees. Since then, this mysterious and peculiar beverage conquered Panamanians' senses, and locals began widespread cultivation. Panama coffee is very smooth, with full-bodied beans that are light in weight, and has perfectly balanced acidity. Its premium coffee beans offer pure, distinctive flavors. Due to its widespread popularity, most of Panama's premium coffee beans are exported to France and Finland.

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