Elida Estate Natural Catuai Farmlevel Reserve

It’s like spreading strawberry jam on a piece of toast. It’s deliciously layered in sweetness, and that carries throughout each sip. If someone is on the fence about specialty coffee, give them this coffee.

This coffee is grown and harvested at the same award-winning farm on Lamastus family estates. If someone is newer to coffee, naturals are an excellent introduction to specialty coffee. Those who like Sumava Natural Gesha will love this.

Roast Level

• Coffee Details

  Country

  Panama

  Tasting Notes

  Strawberry Jam, Spun Sugar, Red Grape

  Producer

  Wilford and Thatcher Lamastus

  Process

  Natural
  

  Cultivar

  Catuai
  

  Elevation

  1,600 - 1,870 Meters

  Harvest

  January - May
  

  Region

  Boquete

  Years Purchased

  5 years
  

  Brew Method

  Kalita Wave
  

  Brew Ratio

  1:16
  

  Brew Recipe

  Coffee: 23 grams
  Water: 368 grams
  Brew Time: 3:00 minutes
  

• Farmlevel Story

  Farmlevel

  After falling in love with the country while working on the Panama Canal, Robert Lamastus founded Elida Estate in the early 1900s. Today the estate is under the supervision of his grandson Wilford who has spent his whole life turning Elida into one of the most well-respected farms in the producing world.
  
  During harvest season, the “Bajareque” (pronounced bah-ha-reh-keh)—a unique weather pattern— turns Boquete into one of the most intense and magnified microclimates in the coffee-producing world.
  
  Given its location on the Eastern slopes of Volcan Baru, in the Eastern portion of the Cordillera Talamanca, a mist accumulates around Boquete when a cold front is present along the coast of Florida. The Bajareque engulfs the Boquete landscape in an immense fog that prolongs cherry maturation resulting in the denser, more complex coffee famous to this region.
  
  The Catuai grown on Elida Estate is some of the healthiest we've seen. This 100% Catuai lot is dry-processed on patios under careful supervision to make for an impeccably clean and consistent cup.