How Much is a Cup of Panama Washed "Floral Butterfly" Coffee & Introduction to Panama Coffee Beans

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FrontStreet Coffee Panama Coffee Beans

FrontStreet Coffee's Panama coffee beans originated in 1780, when European immigrants introduced the first batch of Typica varieties. Located in Central America, Panama possesses natural advantages of sunshine, land, and mountains, creating a paradise for cultivating coffee.

Boquete Growing Region

The Boquete region is Panama's oldest and most famous coffee growing area, located on the eastern side of Baru Volcano at an elevation of approximately 1,000-2,000 meters on the plateau. The area boasts extremely rich biodiversity with various microclimates, perpetually shrouded in mist and abundant rainfall. These conditions create excellent growing conditions, giving Boquete coffee its unique aroma and making it the region with the highest production and best quality coffee beans in Panama.

FrontStreet Coffee Panama Washed Flower Butterfly

This batch of FrontStreet Coffee Panama Washed Flower Butterfly comes from the volcanic canyons of the Boquete growing region, where coffee trees are planted in shaded forests. It's a blend composed of Geisha, Caturra, and Catuai varieties, with this particular batch consisting of approximately 70% Geisha and 30% Caturra and Catuai.

Flavor Profile

Taste analysis: Well-balanced sweetness, rich layered complexity, clear floral and fruity aromas, clean finish with long-lasting aftertaste

Panama is a Central American country, bordering Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Those familiar with single-origin coffee should know that Panama coffee beans are famous in the coffee world for the Geisha variety from Hacienda La Esmeralda. It can be said to be a country that strives for excellence in coffee and produces high-quality beans.

FrontStreet Coffee's Panama coffee beans are famous for the Geisha from Hacienda La Esmeralda, and the growing region where this estate is located is also quite renowned: the Boquete region in 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 its beautiful scenery, rich fertile soil, and climate and soil perfectly suited for producing quality coffee.

Within the Boquete growing region, there are also many excellent estates. Besides the famous Hacienda La Esmeralda, there are also renowned estates like Elida Estate and Kotowa Duncan Estate, all 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.

Another important factor is that the microclimates in Panama's Boquete highlands are a unique resource for Boquete's specialty coffee. Panama's east-to-west environment causes cold air currents to converge above 6,500 feet through the central mountain range, creating multiple microclimates in the Boquete area. The temperature and rainfall are ideal for plant growth, so coffee trees planted here grow exceptionally well.

In Boquete, there's a FrontStreet Coffee Panama coffee bean with exceptional value for money, and it has a very beautiful name — Flower Butterfly.

FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Flower Butterfly has 40%-50% Geisha heritage, composed of three varieties: Geisha, Caturra, and Catuai. It's grown in the Baru volcano region of Boquete, at an altitude of 1,600 meters in volcanic areas. The processing plant uses refined washed processing. Panama's special local microclimate results in abundant rainfall in this region, along with large temperature differences between day and night. Combined with the unique volcanic rock soil of the volcanic region, as well as meticulous harvesting and refined processing, this FrontStreet Coffee Panama Flower Butterfly coffee performs exceptionally well in body, acidity, and floral aromas.

Even more surprisingly, based on its excellent quality, the very affordable price makes FrontStreet Coffee's Flower Butterfly coffee beans offer incredible value. What makes this FrontStreet Coffee Panama coffee bean special is the inclusion of the Geisha variety, giving this coffee very distinct Geisha characteristics.

Is FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Flower Butterfly a Blend?

Research shows that due to the estate's historical reasons, when pursuing higher yields in the past, the early Geisha variety was mixed and planted together with Caturra and Catuai variety coffee trees. To facilitate harvesting, coffee farmers didn't reclassify them but instead processed all three varieties together directly.

No, all three varieties in Flower Butterfly come from the same origin and growing region, so it's classified as a single-origin bean!

Product Information

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Flower Butterfly

Growing Region: Boquete, Baru Volcano Region

Varieties: Catuai, Caturra, Geisha

Processing Method: Washed

Recommended Roast Level: Medium (light-medium roast)

Green Bean Specification: 17 screen

Roasting Profile

Due to the special nature of this FrontStreet Coffee Flower Butterfly's varieties, we use a light-medium roast to complete the final flavor direction of these beans. We decided to shorten the Maillard reaction time and follow a relatively fast curve. Due to the beans' high density and hardness, we start with high heat for dehydration, then reduce the heat before first crack to control temperature increase and enter first crack, minimizing the loss of floral and other small-molecule aromatic compounds. This preserves the characteristic Geisha floral notes, white grape, caramel, honey, and black tea aromas.

Roasting amount: 550g (full load) of beans

Charge temperature: 200°C

First crack: 184.5°C ± 0.5°C @ 8:31 ± 3 seconds

Cupping Results

The next day, cupping results were as follows:

Dry Aroma: Citrus, jasmine hints

Flavor: Peach, grape, caramel, honey

Brewing Recommendations

Suitable Brewing Methods: Pour-over drip, siphon, French press, cold drip, siphon, drip coffee bags

Pour-Over Recipe

Summary:

For pour-over brewing of FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Flower Butterfly, V60 is recommended: 15g of coffee, water temperature 89-90°C, 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio, Fuji grinder setting 3.5, V60 dripper. First pour 30g of water for 28-30s bloom, then pour to 110g, stop at 140g and wait until the water level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g total weight. Avoid the last 5g. Extraction time: 2:00 minutes.

This pour-over method yields high sweetness and gentle sweet flavors. This is for reference only; everyone should make fine adjustments according to their preferred taste.

Flavor: Clean and clear body, white grape and caramel aromas followed by honey notes, charming high mountain black tea aroma! High sweetness, medium acidity, rounded mouthfeel.

Other Brewing Methods

Pour-over, Wave dripper:

Grind size: 3.5 (Japan Fuji R440)

Water temperature: 90°C

French press: Recommended grind size 4, water temperature 90°C

AeroPress: Recommended grind size 3.5, water temperature 87°C

Siphon: Grind size 4, water temperature 90-91°C

Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's own house-roasted Panama Flower Butterfly coffee beans offer full assurance in both brand and quality. More importantly, they provide exceptional value: each 227g bag costs only 85 yuan. Calculating at 15g of coffee beans per cup, one bag can make 15 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only about 6 yuan. Compared to cafés selling coffee for dozens of yuan per cup, this is truly a conscientious recommendation, suitable for the daily needs of coffee lovers who enjoy Geisha-style flavors.

Important Notice :

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