Why is Panama's "Butterfly" called a Geisha blend? Is "Butterfly" a blend bean or a single-origin bean?

Panama's Renowned Coffee Region

Panama coffee is famous for the Geisha from Hacienda La Esmeralda, and the region where Hacienda La Esmeralda sits is famous in its own right.

It is located in the Boquete region of Chiriqui Province.

Boquete is a town in Chiriqui Province, near the border between Panama and Costa Rica.

Close to the well-known Baru Volcano, it offers picturesque scenery, fertile, rich soil, and a climate and terrain perfectly suited to producing high-quality coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Mariposa

In the Boquete region there is a coffee with exceptional value for money, and it carries a beautiful name: FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Mariposa.

It has 40% premium Geisha heritage and is composed of three varieties, Geisha, Caturra, and Catuai, cultivated in the Baru Volcano area of Boquete.

Grown in a volcanic area at an altitude of 1,600 meters, it is processed meticulously with the washed method. Panama's distinctive microclimate brings abundant rainfall to the region.

Combined with wide day-night temperature swings, the distinctive volcanic rock soil, and careful harvesting and processing,

all of these factors make FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Mariposa stand out remarkably in body, acidity, and floral notes.

Origin and Processing

According to the information available, for historical reasons at the estate, and in pursuit of higher yields,

the early Geisha trees were mixed and planted together with Caturra and Catuai trees. To make harvesting easier,

the farmers did not separate them again and instead processed all three varieties together.

Later, as Geisha became famous and prices soared, the processing plant began to apply meticulous washed processing to this particular FrontStreet Coffee Panama Boquete Mariposa.

All three varieties in FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Boquete Mariposa come from the same origin and region, so it counts as a single-origin bean.

Product Information

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Panama Mariposa

Region: Boquete Baru Volcano region

Varieties: Catuai, Caturra, Geisha

Processing Method: Washed

Roast Level: Light roast

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Panama Mariposa is a clever way to taste Boquete's Geisha character at an approachable price, because its 40% Geisha heritage sits in the same volcanic soils and microclimate that made the region famous. If that first taste leaves you wanting the full expression of the variety, the natural next step is FrontStreet Coffee's Boquete Geisha, an entry-level Panama Geisha that shows the classic orange-blossom honey, oolong-tea body, and delicate fruit acidity across clearly defined layers. For the benchmark itself, FrontStreet Coffee's Emerald Manor Green Label Geisha (Private Collection) blends several plots into the signature high-altitude Geisha profile, while the Emerald Manor Red Label Geisha (Esmeralda Special) is lot-traceable, grown at 1,600–1,800 m, and cups above 90 points, exactly the standard that gives Boquete its name.