Introduction to Panama Flint Manor Premium Coffee Beans: Delicate Floral Aroma, Varieties, Cultivation, and Market Prices

Panama Jurutungo Honey Catuai

Origin: Panama

Grade: SHB

Region: Volcan Region

Roast Level: Medium Roast

Processing Method: Honey Process

Variety: Catuai

Mill: La Candela Estate

Flavor Notes: Lemon, Orange, Cranberry, Green Tea

Panama Coffee Overview

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

Catuai Variety

"Catuai" is a hybrid of Mundo Novo and Caturra, essentially a second-generation cross. It inherits Caturra's advantage of a low-growing plant structure. The name Catuai comes from an indigenous word meaning "very good." A member of the Arabica family, Catuai is relatively high-yielding.

Cupping Notes

Dried fruit aroma, rich fruit acidity with noticeable sweetness on entry. Flavors of lemon, orange, cranberry, and green tea. The texture is uniform and smooth, soft with subtle floral notes, and the aftertaste lingers.

Product Information

Producer: Coffee Workshop

Shelf Life: 90 days

Net Weight: 227g

Packaging: Bulk Coffee Beans

Roast Level: Roasted Coffee Beans

Sugar Content: Sugar-free

Origin: Panama

Roast Degree: Medium Roast

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Catuai in Panama very often shares a plot with Caturra, and FrontStreet Diamond Mountain is the clearest illustration of that pairing. It comes from a star brand under Esmeralda Estate, with Caturra and Catuai as the main varieties. The green beans are taken from two of the estate's four separate farms, Jaramillo and Canas Verdes, where volcanic soil gives near-perfect growing conditions and primary forest provides ample shade for the trees. Those advantages produce green beans with rich fruit aroma and sweetness, and Diamond Mountain is as popular a brand as Esmeralda's Geisha.

If you would like to explore Boquete beyond a single variety, FrontStreet Panama Washed Flora Butterfly is a good next step. It blends three varieties, Geisha, Caturra, and Catuai, planted in the Baru Volcano area of Boquete. Panama's local microclimate brings heavy rainfall and wide day-to-night temperature swings, and the region's volcanic rock soil, careful harvesting, and fine processing let the coffee perform well in body, citrus acidity, and Geisha's jasmine aroma. It is suited to both pour-over and cold brew.

For the entry point to Panama's best-known flavor, FrontStreet Boquete Geisha is the one to start with. Cloud and mist hang among the mountains of the Boquete region, the days are humid and the nights cool, and Baru Volcano provides fertile soil, all of which favors Geisha. Coffee planted higher ripens more slowly, takes up more nutrients, and develops a richer and more distinctive flavor. This estate-level entry Geisha is planted at 1,600 meters, and the cup brings jasmine florals, green tea, honey, citrus, and orange.