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Panama Jurutungo Honey Caruai

Country: Panama

Grade: SHB

Region: Jurutungo growing area

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Honey process

Variety: Catuai

Processing Mill: Jurutungo 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, an even and smooth texture, gentle with some floral notes, and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste

Catuai

Catuai is a variety created by crossing Caturra with Mundo Novo. Catuai resists natural challenges well, wind and rain in particular.

The Catuai tree is relatively short. Compared with other coffee trees, Catuai's fruit grows more firmly and is harder to pick. The fruit comes in both red and yellow types. To date, no superior taste has been found in the yellow fruit compared with the red. In fact, some cuppers have found that while coffee processed from yellow fruit can have good acidity, its cleanliness falls short of red-fruit coffee.

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

Panama's premium coffee is grown in the western part of the country, near Costa Rica and close to the Pacific. Coffee from the Boquete district of Chiriqui province is the most famous, with Volcán, Santa Clara, and Candela also well known. Other regions include the David, Remacimeinto, Bugaba, and Tole districts. Only coffee grown between 1,300 and 1,500 meters is considered specialty coffee.

"Catuai" is a hybrid of Mundo Novo and Caturra, making it a second-generation cross. It inherits Caturra's advantage of a short tree. The variety name comes from an indigenous language and means "very good." As a member of the Arabica family, Catuai is relatively high-yielding.

Brewing Instructions

Panama Jurutungo Estate pour-over. 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fujisaki onyx burr grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88–89°C. First pour 30g of water, bloom for 27 seconds, pour to 105g and stop, wait until the water level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g total. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
State: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Panama
Roast Level: Medium roast

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, and its range is enormous. Brazilian beans carry moderate acidity and a fine balance of sweetness, bitterness, and body, which makes them a natural fit for a medium roast: the cup opens with a nutty aroma, tastes mellow, and finishes with faint acidity. They work equally well as a single-origin or as part of a blend. If you simply want a first taste of the Brazil profile, FrontStreet Coffee's pulped-natural Cerrado is a very classic Brazilian single origin. Cerrado is a well-known growing area prized for high-quality beans, and this one is a Red Bourbon—common across South America—roasted medium so that creamy peanut, toast, caramel, and hazelnut lead the cup. It is round and full, not sour, with a light bitterness, and it brews well as pour-over but also shines in a moka pot, as an espresso SOE, in a siphon, or in a French press.

Another Brazilian single origin from FrontStreet Coffee is the Queen Estate, from Mogiana near South Minas. Fertile red volcanic soil there lets the cherries take in abundant nutrients and develop a full aroma. Part of the area still farms traditionally while another part has adopted modern, standardized management, which has substantially raised local quality. The Queen Estate grows the uncommon Yellow Bourbon, a natural mutation of Red Bourbon whose fruit profile is cleaner. Through pour-over, moka pot, or a home espresso machine, FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Queen Estate shows a sugarcane sweetness not found in other regions, along with fruit and chocolate notes.

Brazil's low acidity, balanced body, and friendly price have made it the first choice in many espresso recipes. FrontStreet Coffee's Classic Blend, with its generous crema; the nut-forward Premium Blend; the well-balanced Black Cocoa blend; and FrontStreet Coffee's Commercial Blend built for cafés all include Brazilian beans. Adding Brazil brings chocolate and cream aroma plus a soft sweet-sour-bitter balance, and that steady, even character helps keep extraction consistent shot after shot.