Panama Butterfly Flavor Profile: Which Panama Coffee Brand is Best

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Washed Processing Method

There are many variations of washed processing methods today, but generally, coffee cherries are harvested, floating beans are removed, then the pulp is removed, and the coffee beans are soaked in fermentation tanks. Enzymes in the water soften the mucilage attached to the parchment of the coffee beans, while natural yeasts break down the sugars in the mucilage. This process is called fermentation. After fermentation is complete, the coffee beans are moved to drying patios and sun-dried. During the drying process, the coffee beans need to be constantly turned to ensure even drying. Finally, they are stored in parchment in warehouses, and hulling and bagging are done only after green bean buyers place orders. Coffee processed this way has a clean taste, emphasizing bright, lively fruit acidity, as well as refreshing fruit flavors and floral notes.

The Flower Butterfly Coffee Bean

As you can imagine, with Flower Butterfly's superior variety characteristics combined with meticulous processing methods, if using medium-light roasting to complete the flavor profile of this bean, you will surely give great recognition to this Flower Butterfly, which possesses Geisha's characteristic floral aromas, Southeast Asian fruits, and berry flavors, along with honey sweetness and smoothness, with very persistent aroma and aftertaste.

Cupping Notes

Fragrance (Dry Aroma): Jasmine, citrus, tea aroma, honey

Aroma (Wet Aroma): Berries, floral, buttery aroma, vanilla, citrus

Flavor (Slurp): Juice sweetness, fine and non-stimulating acidity, excellent cleanliness, bergamot, honey, citrus, spices, floral, berries, tea aroma, cherry, delicate aftertaste, persistent aroma, classic Esmeralda Estate Geisha flavor.

Taste Description: Jasmine floral, citrus, tea aroma, honey, berries, vanilla, bright acidity! The Flower Butterfly containing Geisha variety is a specialty coffee bean with extremely high cost performance!

Product Information

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, FrontStreet Coffee
Contact: 020-38364473
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Brand: Coffee Workshop
Series: FrontStreet Coffee Roasting
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Panama
Roast Degree: Medium roast

Brewing Method

Hand-brewed Flower Butterfly. 15g of powder, medium grind (Fuji Royal grinder setting 4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First infusion with 30g water, bloom for 27 seconds, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then continue slow pouring until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Panama Boquete Region

The Boquete region in Panama, located in the Chiriquí province bordering Costa Rica, is famous for producing Geisha coffee and is world-renowned for high-quality Arabica coffee. The Tedman & MacIntyre Estate, situated in the 4000-foot mountainous area of Boquete, originates from two of Panama's earliest coffee families: the Tedman family and the MacIntyre family.

Coffee Specifications

Country: Panama
Grade: SHB
Region: Boquete
Roast Level: Medium roast
Processing: Washed
Varieties: Caturra, Catuai, Geisha

Panama coffee is famous for the Geisha from Esmeralda Estate, and the region where Esmeralda Estate is located is also quite famous; that is the Boquete region in the Chiriqui province. Boquete is a town in Chiriqui province, situated near the border between Panama and Costa Rica, close to the famous Baru Volcano, with beautiful scenery, fertile soil, and climate and soil that are very suitable for producing high-quality coffee.

Within the Boquete region, there are also many excellent estates. Besides the famous Esmeralda Estate, there are also Elida Estate, and Akabá Estate, all of which are renowned estates producing high-quality specialty coffee. This is not only due to the superior ecological conditions of Panama's Boquete region and the fertile volcanic ash soil of the Baru volcano area. There is also an important factor: the microclimate in the highlands of Panama's Boquete is a unique resource for specialty coffee in the Boquete region. This is because Panama's east-to-west environment allows cold air currents to converge through the Central Mountains above 6500 feet, creating various microclimates in the Boquete area, making its temperature and rainfall very suitable for plant growth. Therefore, coffee trees growing here in this region thrive very well.

And in such a blessed growing environment as Boquete, there naturally wouldn't be just Esmeralda's Geisha as the only coffee king with outstanding flavor, quality, and value; but drinking Geisha every day I think is still quite luxurious, and even if there's no economic pressure, then it's like eating shark fin and bear paw every day, which is not appropriate either. The same goes for coffee - having a wide variety of exposure allows one to better enjoy the pleasure of tasting coffee.

Panama is a Central American country, bordering Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Those who know about single-origin coffee should all know that Panama coffee is famous in the coffee world for the Geisha from Esmeralda Estate (the famous name of Geisha). It can be said to be a country that pursues excellence in coffee and produces high-quality coffee.

Flavor: Tea aroma, honey, berries, classic Esmeralda Estate Geisha taste

So in the land of Boquete, there is a bean with particularly high cost performance. And it has a very beautiful name - Flower Butterfly. She has 40% of the excellent Geisha bloodline, composed of three varieties: Geisha, Caturra, and Catuai, grown in the Baru volcano area of Boquete, at an altitude of 1600 meters in the volcanic region. The processing plant uses meticulous washed processing. Panama's special local microclimate leads to abundant rainfall in this region, and large day-night temperature differences, combined with the unique volcanic rock soil of the volcanic area, as well as careful harvesting and meticulous processing, make this coffee perform exceptionally well in body, acidity, and floral notes.

What's even more surprising is that on top of excellent quality, the very affordable price makes this coffee bean's cost performance explode. The special thing about this coffee bean is that it's composed of three varieties, with 40% being Geisha variety, giving this coffee very obvious Geisha flavors. According to research data, due to historical reasons of the estate, in pursuit of yield at that time, early Geisha varieties were mixed and planted together with Caturra and Catuai variety coffee trees. To facilitate harvesting, coffee farmers did not reclassify them, but directly processed the three varieties together. Later, as Geisha became famous overnight and prices soared, the processing plant began to apply meticulous washed processing specifically to such coffee beans.

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