Panama

Esmeralda, Panama

Nutella · chocolate · hazelnut · nut · walnut · cherry · milk

Chocolate Nutty Fruity Caramel and sweetFor filter

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How it sits among coffee from Panama

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Panama: 51 of 84 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Long & Short Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, chocolate, nutty. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Panama; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

chocolate and nutty are unusual here — 8% of coffee from Panama are described that way, and 8% of coffee from Panama are described that way.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Panama coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Panama

Region

Yirgacheffe, Boquete

Farm or estate

Palmira, Hacienda La Esmeralda

Process

washed

Variety

Catuai, Gesha

Not stated

producer, altitude, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Rainforest Alliance certification

“The farm, like all of those at Hacienda La Esmeralda, is certified by the Rainforest Alliance which aims to protect ecosystems, workers and local communities.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“Palmira specialises in the Catuai varietal which is indigenous to the region and well-loved for its nuanced brightness and clean cup.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Farm

“A view from the hills in Boquete, Panama This particular coffee derives from the Palmira farm, which was the first piece of land the Peterson family purchased in 1967 and forms the centrepiece of the Hacienda La Esmeralda estate.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“The coffee that has everything — this bursts open with Nutella and you can taste the chocolate and hazelnut like you’ve just put a spoonful in your mouth!” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Quite possibly the most famous coffee farm in the world by modern standards, Hacienda La Esmeralda, famed for its multi award-winning coffees and setting many auction price records, is nestled high in the Boquete hills more or less straddling the active volcano and highest peak in Panama, Volcan Baru.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Palmira farm coffee is branded ‘Palmyra’ on coffee sacks This coffee is certainly punchy, even compared to the ubituitous Gesha that the farm is so well-known for, however, if you want to sample something similar to a Gesha without forking out serious wads of cash, try our current stock of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“All the coffee here is milled using the washed process, and all of the water used for milling is recycled.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Roasted for

“As for filter, this one works well in the cafetiere/french press — the immersion seems to extract all of the qualities of this coffee without getting bitter too easily.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Roasted to order

“Remember that the coffee is roasted to order as a fresh product — we recommend that you drink it within 2 weeks, 4 weeks at most from the roasting date, or the coffee will be far from its best!” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

A further 1 fact on this page was read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for it.

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.