Elida Estate Falda - Panama
Our second lot working with the Lamastus Family Estates from Panama, The Lamastus Family has been producing coffee in Panama for four generations since 1918. This washed Geisha is truly a beautiful coffee that reminds us of jasmine florals, bright and juicy lime, green slush and bright citrus.
100g
- Variety: Geisha
- Country: Panama
- Region: Alto Quiel, Boquete
- Process: Washed
- Altitude: 1,670 - 1,950 MASL
- Harvest: 2024
- Producer: Lamastus Family
- Farm: Elida Estate
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
We get delicate florals like jasmine, sweet citrus that reminds us of green slush, and bright and juicy lime. This is a delicate cup with nice florals, with a silky, covering body and a long citric finish.
Funky
Process
About The Producer
Four generations of the Lamastus Family have been producing coffee since 1918. Rising from 1,700 to 2,060 masl, and nestled within the Volcan Baru National Forest Reserve—a native, old-growth cloud forest—the farm has excellent shade coverage, biodiversity, and rich volcanic soil full of beneficial microorganisms. All of this helps to produce some of the most complex coffee cherries ever tasted. At such high altitude, Elida’s microclimate is quite cold, greatly lengthening the time of cherry maturation, which is very important for the development of sugars and acidities in the cup. This particular coffee won back-to-back Best of Panama Washed competitions in both 2018 and 2019.
Processing
Sun in bastidor/screen, and Guardiola rotating driers. 10 to 12 days to finish drying.
Variety
This variety was originally collected from coffee forests in Ethiopia in the 1930s. From there, it was sent to the Lyamungu research station in Tanzania, and then brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Central America in the 1953, where it was logged as accession T2722. It was distributed throughout Panama via CATIE in the 1960s after it had been recognized for tolerance to coffee leaf rust. However, the plant's branches were brittle and not favored by farmers so it was not widely planted. The coffee came to prominence in 2005 when the Peterson family of Boquete, Panama, entered it into the "Best of Panama" competition and auction. It received exceptionally high marks and broke the then-record for green coffee auction prices, selling for over $20/pound.There is significant confusion about Geisha because there are multiple genetically distinct plant types that have been referred to as Geisha, many of which share similar geographic origins in Ethiopia. Recent genetic diversity analyses conducted by World Coffee Research confirm that Panamanian Geisha descendent from T2722 is distinct and uniform. It is associated with extremely high cup quality when the plants are managed well at high altitude, and is known for its delicate floral, jasmine, and peach-like aromas.
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