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Panama Franceschi Gesha Washed

strawberry candy · floral · jasmine

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What Friedhats says about this coffee

When I visited Panama in 2012, it turned out to be a pretty good trip and I ended up meeting some of the big names in specialty coffee, even though I had no idea at the time. When I came back I thought this would be a great place to live someday because you could go surfing, drink gesha all day at the farm and sleep on a deserted island.

Wilford is the owner of Finca Elida, one of the most famous gesha-farms out there, around the Volcan Baru National park in Boquete. One of them is where this coffee is from, Finca El Burro, where he grows Gesha and Catuai at an altitude of 1575 - 1800 masl. This is where gesha trees thrive, the cold, the altitude, the volcanic soil, the mist that keeps the humidity up even in the dry season and extends the ripening time. All of this adds to the unique cup quality of this coffee.

It tastes sweet because of the long ripening time of the cherries. It tastes floral and like jasmine because of the variety. And it tastes like strawberry candy and winegums because of the natural process.

Their own sales copy, as published on their page and not checked by us. read it on their page (opens in a new tab)

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Panama

Region

Boquete

Process

natural

Variety

Catuai, Gesha

Altitude

1575 to 1800 m

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, 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.

How it sits among coffee from Panama

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Panama: 133 of 310 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

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

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Panama, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

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

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

“One of them is where this coffee is from, Finca El Burro, where he grows Gesha and Catuai at an altitude of 1575 - 1800 masl.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

“One of them is where this coffee is from, Finca El Burro, where he grows Gesha and Catuai at an altitude of 1575 - 1800 masl.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“One of them is where this coffee is from, Finca El Burro, where he grows Gesha and Catuai at an altitude of 1575 - 1800 masl.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“And it tastes like strawberry candy and winegums because of the natural process.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Wilford is the owner of Finca Elida, one of the most famous gesha-farms out there, around the Volcan Baru National park in Boquete.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“And it tastes like strawberry candy and winegums because of the natural process.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 2 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.

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.