Panama Elida Estate Geisha Natural

New 2016 crop arrived here in September, packed in Grainpro bags to preserve the beans and protect them from moisture and outside odors. A direct trade coffee. This is the first time we have offered a Geisha from Elida Estate. While this particular lot is a natural processed coffee, the washed version of this green tip Geisha varietal won 1st place at the Best of Panama 2016 competition and we are thrilled to offer another outstanding coffee from one of our all time favorite farms.

Elida Estate is located in the Volcan Baru National Park near Boquete. The farm is about 65 hectares (160 acres), 30 of which are planted with coffee trees; it produces about 400 60 kg bags annually. Elida coffee is grown at an altitude of between 5500 and 6000 feet above sea level, the highest level at which coffee is grown in Panama. In fact, Elida is one of the two highest coffee farms in Panama. Varietals grown are Catuai, Bourbon, and Geisha. The farm has been owned by the Lamastus family since 1918. Because of the very high elevations where the Estate Reserve is grown, coffee is slow to mature and later to ripen and be harvested.

Bob, Wilford Lamastus owner of Elida center, Barry

Wilford Lamastus owner of Elida 2015

Handmade wooden trays used for drying the natural and honey coffees.

 PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FOR AN 8 OUNCE BAG.