{"id":7617,"date":"2013-05-14T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2013-05-14T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T20:52:07","slug":"best-of-panama-coffees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/best-of-panama-coffees\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Panama Coffees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/coffee-mug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7618\" title=\"Steaming black coffee in glass cup on coffee beans\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/coffee-mug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/coffee-mug.jpg 500w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/coffee-mug-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahhh, one of the reasons I really love it here is the excellent coffee grown here in Boquete and the region.\u00a0 For Mother&#8217;s day we celebrated at my friend&#8217;s place where Rich Lipner and his wife Dee raise excellent coffee and Rich makes the best wood fired oven roasted pizza I have ever tasted.\u00a0 So before I get into the\u00a0 recent outcome of the Best of Panama Coffees for this year, let me show you around his place.<\/p>\n<p>His little plantation house is home to the roasting and toasting that goes on here and we were in a treat for that and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7620\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The roaster he uses is\u00a0 a beautiful piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7621\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1.jpg 683w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And his pizza oven just got added to my list of things to put in the back yard of my new home that I am building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7622\" title=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The views that afternoon were spectacular also as the weather moved through the mountains.\u00a0 The coffee was in full bloom and this was indeed a happy time.\u00a0 Now we just need more rain!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7623\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a slideshow of that afternoon <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/102709995630838226617\/albums\/5877929269251963697\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see the whole story that I did about his place read<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/news-from-panama\/coffee-in-the-clouds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coffee in the Clouds<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Now onto the Best of Panama cupping, first in the words of one of the judges<\/p>\n<p>I miss the interior of the old David airport, it was like a step back  in time! \u00a0You would arrive and walk down the tarmac to the arrivals  hall, only a small desk behind a glass screen, about forty square meters  when combined with the baggage area. \u00a0Customs was a trestle table. \u00a0I  could imagine a time of less bureaucratic oversight. \u00a0It really felt  like you had travelled to origin.<\/p>\n<p>But this year as I walk through the new airport there are security  devices being installed and air-conditioning ducts hang from the roof.  \u00a0The trestle table has gone: progress.<\/p>\n<p>Boquete, in mountainous Western Panama to the north of David, is  becoming fashionable, with a new double lane highway and yet more  development. \u00a0I am here to protect Boquete as a coffee region. \u00a0I am  judging in the <a href=\"http:\/\/scap-panama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best of Panama<\/a> comp in which Boquete and the neighbouring region of Volcan are  well-represented. \u00a0The area is becoming equally well-known for retirees  and condominium developments- however we are hoping the attention  generated around the competition will help reverse the trend of coffee  farms being sold to developers. \u00a0Boquete and Volcan produce stunning  coffee, the volcanic soil coupled with consistent cloud cover and  specific climatic conditions produce, arguably, the best coffee in the  world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Tao Suzuki, a Japanese cupper, is situated on a table next to me  tasting the coffees selected to make it through to the finals. \u00a0A slight  competitive streak is highlighted with his foam cup art titled \u201cFoolish  Australian\u201d. \u00a0The coffees are highly prized and there definitely is a  sense of rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>We cup over eighty coffees during the next three days. \u00a0The cuppings  are broken down into\u00a0Geishas, Standards, and natural processed coffees.<\/p>\n<p>The Geishas are the darlings of the specialty coffee scene, a  long-lost varietal that explodes with bergamot and citrus in the cup.  \u00a0Standards are the Caturra and similar washed coffees that Boquete has  traditionally grown, which contrast with the newer and  somewhat\u00a0controversial\u00a0naturals that are becoming more popular in the  region.<\/p>\n<p>We score and rank coffees over the next few days, slurping and  spitting our way through to finally rate the blind samples. \u00a0The highest  scores at 91 points on a scale of 100. \u00a0Pretty impressive, and a great  pleasure to return to Panama to be on the judging panel. \u00a0An equal  pleasure is arriving home to taste our lots of Boquete\u2019s Esmeralda  \u201cLe\u00f3n\u201d Geisha in the cafe.<\/p>\n<p>Now about the competition from an article in the Panama Guide<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"non-ul\">Special Coffee From Panama Conquers The Global Market And Demanding Palates<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" title=\"Food &amp; Drink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.panama-guide.com\/images\/topics\/topic_Restaurants.jpg\" alt=\"Food &amp; Drink\" \/>Known  around the world for satisfying the most demanding palates, special  coffees from Panama have earned a place in the international market with  prices matching their quality and meeting the criteria of the most  expert tasters.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 members of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP)  grow and export this precious product, and one of its finest varieties,  the Geisha, has reached the cost of $374 per kg, the highest price in  the international market.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, producers make an international coffee-tasting event  called &#8220;The Best of Panama&#8221;, a competition in which judges evaluate  international specialty coffee lots and they award the highest score to  the winners, who then participate in a global online auction with buyers  from the U.S., Europe, Japan and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>On the high mountainous areas of the province of Chiriqui,  located on the border with Costa Rica, around 400 miles to the west of  Panama City, there are over 40 farms in charge of growing, besides  Geisha coffee, other varieties of the finest Panamanian coffees, such as  Pacamara, Catuai, Caturra, Bourbon or Typica.<\/p>\n<p>Geisha coffee is the world&#8217;s most recognized and the best priced  coffee among the experts for its citrical flavor and floral and jasmine  aroma, as well as its balanced acidity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BEGINNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Geisha variety was discovered in Abyssinia in southwest  Ethiopia, in 1931, and was imported into Panama from Costa Rica in 1963,  according to the SCAP, an association created in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama,  Plinio Ruiz Jr. said this variety was brought to the country because its  leaves are resistant to rust.<\/p>\n<p>Rust is a coffee pest caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix,  which causes premature leaf fall of coffee and undermines its productive  capacity, unable to perform photosynthesis.<\/p>\n<p>The SCAP specifies that the main criteria at the time of choosing  which variety should be grown are the grain quality, the production  capacity and resistance to weather and pests.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz said through the introduction of the Geisha in the highlands  of Boquete, in Chiriqui, one of the six mountainous areas of the  province where fine coffees are grown, it was discovered that \u201cthe taste  of this coffee was extraordinary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is how it all began, then, electronic auctions were  introduced in 2004 all around the world, and this is when the variety of  Geisha as a special coffee was discovered, obtaining the highest price  in the market,&#8221; said Ruiz.<\/p>\n<p>SCAP\u2019s President highlighted that the total commercial coffee  production in Panama reaches 28 million pounds (bags of 46 kg), in which  special coffee represents 2% of this production.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the specialty coffee produce &#8220;a whole market  noise&#8221; because their lots reach &#8220;exorbitant prices, ridiculously high,  compared to commercial coffees&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARKETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, United States, France, Holland,  Germany and the Nordic countries such as Finland and Sweden are the  markets that pay the highest prices for coffee from Panama.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ruiz said countries in the Far East buy the most because  they have a palate adapted to identify very fine flavors from plants  and can identify &#8220;very easily&#8221; high quality drinks such as specialty  coffee.<\/p>\n<p>In that regard, he assured the most requested coffee is the  Geisha, out of the special coffees, which has reached the price of $374  per kg.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the lots used to grow the Ironman coffee (washed  Geisha coffee), Esmeralda Especial (Natural) and Pacamara Don Julian  (traditional washed coffee) got the first place in its category at the  XVII International Specialty Coffee Tasting Event, \u201cThe Best of Panama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judges from the Netherlands, Taiwan, United States, Japan and  South Korea chose among 46 lots of the best coffee in Panama, in a  tasting that lasted several days and finally concluded on Wednesday in  Boquete.<\/p>\n<p>In the Geisha category, Ironman lot owned by the coffee producer,  athlete and manager of the Panama Stock Exchange, Roberto Brenes,  obtained the highest score with 91.7031 points.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Specialty Coffee Association of America  (SCAA), Ric Rhinehart, said the quality of Panama\u2019s coffee is higher  every year and separating Geishas from other coffees &#8220;helps maintain the  quality of the other varieties of coffee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After this tasting event, samples are sent from the lots to be  auctioned online on June 11 to the potential buyers who sign up for the  auction, said Ruiz. 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