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this year, we have so much coffee from panama, or should i say boquete, that we really need to have a panama festival. boquete is situated up north in the tiny country. panama is pretty much right on the equator, and boquete is nestled into a craggy mountain valley a short hour drive north from david - the nearest airport. kaffa bought coffees from different farms, different varietals (three geisha lots from two different farms...) and different processing methods used on these coffees.

the mountain range that is right by boquete, is separating the atlantic ocean climate from the pacific. since boquete is situated on the pacific side, but right under these mountains, all the cool climate comes in and is creating unique micro climates from farm to farm. from a coffee buyers' perspective, it makes sense then to have different farms and different processing methods for different varietals represented.

kaffa is currently buying:
PANAMA hacienda Esmeralda, geisha special lot # 8 + # 9 (aqua pulped)
PANAMA estate Don Pepe, caturra (aqua pulped)
PANAMA estate Don Pepe, caturra (honey)
PANAMA estate Mama Cata, caturra (aqua pulped)
PANAMA estate Mama Cata, geisha (honey)

i'm really hoping for us to sometime in the future be real "boquetenos", but that's a different discussion. for now, i still live on price peterson calling me a princess (without me telling him to do so...).