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Panama- Finca Carmen
​(Washed Processed)
(Photo Credit: covoyacoffee.com)

Tasting Notes

  • ​Orange Tang, Blackberry, Butterscotch, Chocolate

Processing

  • ​Washed Process

Elevation

  • 1,700m

Cultivar

  • Caturra Varietal

About this Farm

(From covoyacoffee.com)
  • Carmen Estate is an award winning family farm situated at 1,700 - 1,750masl. It was founded by Efrain and Carmen Franceschi, who began cultivating arabica on their various estates in the heart of the Panamenian Barú Volcano region. It is now run by Carlos Aguilera Francheschi and his family. The estate produces around 1,200 bags per year of SHB arabica of the Caturra and Catuai varieties, both washed and natural process. The farm's top lots consistently place highly in the annual 'Best of Panama' competition and took first place in 2008.
  • There are some indications that green coffee first arrived in Panama as early as 1742, but the first attempts at commercial cultivation didn’t occur until the 1780’s. Planting at low altitudes around the port city of Portobelo, these efforts failed. It would be another 100 years, when coffee was planted in the highlands around the Volcano “Baru,” before commercial cultivation of Panama coffee was successful; however, nearly all coffee grown in Panama was used for internal consumption and the country was better known for exporting tea. Panamanians drank more coffee than they grew and had to import coffee to meet demand until the 1940’s. Exports grew slowly over the years, peaking in 1996 at 181,000 bags.  Although there have been a few spikes since then, exports have settled down around 50,000 bags for the last 10 years as producers shifted their focus from volume to quality. More than 50% of coffee production is still consumed domestically.

How to Brew this Coffee

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What is a "Washed Processed" Coffee?

(The coffee in this video is grown in Peru, but the processing method is almost the same in any coffee growing region)

What's all that info on the bag mean?

From seed to cup

  • ​Here's a short video on how coffee comes from the farmers all over the world to your cup!