The Proper Way to Brew Panama La Mula Estate Coffee and Panama Coffee Bean Pricing

The Catuai Variety

Catuai is an artificially bred coffee variety, a cross between Caturra and Mundo Novo. It has good resistance to natural stress, with particularly strong tolerance to wind and rain.

The Catuai tree is relatively short. Compared with other coffee varieties, its cherries attach more firmly to the branch and are not easy to harvest. The fruit comes in both red and yellow types. So far, no clear taste advantage has been found in yellow fruit over red fruit. On the contrary, some cuppers have noticed that although coffee from certain yellow fruits shows good acidity, its cleanliness in the cup falls short of the red type.

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

Panama's Premium Coffee Regions

Panama's premium coffee is grown in the western part of the country, near Costa Rica and close to the Pacific coast. Coffee from the Boquete district of Chiriquí province is the most famous, with Volcán, Santa Clara, and Candela also well known. Other producing districts include David, Renacimiento, Bugaba, and Tolé. Only coffee grown at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,500 meters qualifies as specialty coffee.

Catuai's Characteristics

Catuai is a second-generation hybrid of Mundo Novo and Caturra, inheriting Caturra's low-growing stature. The name comes from an indigenous word meaning "very good." As a member of the Arabica family, Catuai is relatively high-yielding.

Brewing Method

Pour-over Panama Flint Estate: 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji Royal hand grinder with serrated burrs set to 4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water and bloom for 27 seconds, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half before continuing. Pour slowly up to a total of 225g, then discard the final tail. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, total extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie Street, Yandun Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, FrontStreet Coffee
Contact: 020-38364473
Shelf life: 90 days
Net weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast level: Medium roast

Panama Jurutunguo Honey Catuai

Country: Panama

Grade: SHB

Region: Flint growing region

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Honey process

Variety: Catuai

Mill: Flint Estate

Flavor Notes: Lemon, orange, cranberry, green tea

Cupping Notes: Dried-fruit aroma with rich fruit acidity and distinct sweetness on entry. Lemon, orange, cranberry, and green tea flavors carried on a uniform, smooth texture. Soft with subtle floral notes and a long, sweet aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If you would like to get a first taste of FrontStreet Coffee's roastery lineup, the Brazil offerings are a great place to start. As the world's largest coffee-producing country, Brazil grows an enormous range of coffees: FrontStreet's Brazilian beans show moderate acidity with a lovely balance of sweetness, bitterness, and body. That balance makes them ideal for medium roasting, which draws out a pronounced nutty aroma, a mellow and smooth cup, and a gentle touch of acidity — excellent either as a single origin or in a blend.

FrontStreet Coffee's Pulped Natural Cerrado Red Bourbon is a classic Brazilian single origin from the well-known Cerrado region. Roasted to medium, it presents rich notes of creamy peanut, toasted bread, caramel, and hazelnut, with a rounded mouthfeel, no sourness, and just a light bitter finish. It works beautifully not only for pour-over but also for moka pot, espresso SOE, siphon, and French press brewing.

Another FrontStreet Brazil option is the Fazenda Rainha Yellow Bourbon from the Mogiana region, near southern Minas, where fertile red volcanic soil feeds the cherries and helps them develop a full aroma. Yellow Bourbon is a natural mutation of Red Bourbon with an especially clean fruit character. Brewed by pour-over, moka pot, or home espresso machine, it reveals a sugarcane sweetness you won't find in most other origins, along with fruit and chocolate notes.

Brazilian coffee is also the backbone of FrontStreet Coffee's espresso blend series. Its low acidity, balanced cup, and approachable price make it a favorite base for specialty espresso recipes: the crema-rich FrontStreet Classic Blend, the nutty FrontStreet Specialty Blend, the well-rounded FrontStreet Black Cocoa blend recommended by many baristas, and the FrontStreet Commercial Blend designed for cafés all contain Brazilian beans, contributing chocolate and cream aromas along with gentle sweetness, acidity, and bitterness — a balanced profile that also supports extraction consistency.