Panama Tipica Finca Creativa Project Lourdes Juarez Small Farmer Microbatch Special Natural Process

FrontStreet Coffee - Panama Creativa de Café Project Lourdes Young Small Farmer Microbatch Special Natural Introduction

Welcome to our coffee knowledge exchange. This article is part of an ongoing series on coffee beans, origins, and brewing.

Panama, the southernmost country in Central America, has a total area of 75,517 square kilometers, with Panama City as its capital. The terrain across the country is varied, with numerous valleys and ravines, and it is mostly mountainous apart from the coastal plains in the north and south. It is precisely these mountains that create a range of microclimates in the Boquete and Candela volcanic regions. A microclimate is a small-scale, special climate formed within a larger climate zone by unique local factors such as topography, vegetation, soil properties, building clusters, and human or biological activity.

This special climate type makes the region the main production area for Panama's distinctive coffees, which are cultivated on the nutrient-rich, well-balanced soil of the Baru volcanic region.

Panama Creativa de Café Project Lourdes Young Small Farmer Microbatch Special Natural

Flavor: Strong wine aroma, blackberry; cherry chocolate, rum raisin

Roast Level: Light roast

Region: Panama Creativa de Café Project

Altitude: 1600-1800m

Variety: Typica

Processing Method: Special natural

Flavor Review

On the grind you are met with a strong wine aroma, blackberry, cherry chocolate, and rum raisin fragrance. The first sip reveals rum raisin, wine-soaked cherry cocoa, accompanied by blackberry and a hint of spice. The flavor is rich and powerful, solid and full-bodied.

Knowledge Point

Arabica and Robusta varieties are divided into single-origin coffee and espresso according to how the beans are blended.

In Brief

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If this naturally processed Panama Typica — a wine-aroma microbatch from a young small farmer project — is the kind of bold, fruit-forward cup you enjoy, FrontStreet Coffee's Panama selection is a great place to keep exploring the country's terroir. The FrontStreet Boquete Washed Geisha is an approachable estate-level Geisha grown at 1,600 meters, where the fertile volcanic soil produces a fragrant cup of jasmine, green tea, honey, citrus, and orange.

For a step up, the FrontStreet Esmeralda Red Label Geisha is hand-picked from a single plot above 1,700 meters and carries a cupping score of 91, showing the refined orange-blossom honey character that Panama is famous for. And if you love the rich fruit and florals of Panama but want something a little more everyday, the FrontStreet Butterfly, a Geisha-Caturra-Catuai blend from the Baru Volcano area, balances a full body, citrus acidity, and Geisha's jasmine aroma.