Description
La Alquería • Volcancito, Boquete — Panama
Panama Alquería — Pacamara Natural
Region Volcancito, Boquete • Process Natural (Dry) • Variety Pacamara • Elevation ~1,460 m
QUALITIES: fruity • floral • tropical • clean
RECOMMENDED ROAST: Light–Medium
CHAFF LEVEL: High
TASTING NOTES – ROASTING NOTES
Light Roast
Medium body • Red berries • Grape & lime-blossom • Lemon–lime floral acidity • Gentle green-tea finish
Medium Roast
Fruit-forward & clean • Jammy red berry/grape • Tropical edge • Floral (tea-like) acidity
Dark Roast
Acidity softens • Dark chocolate/cacao • Caramelized sugars • Sweet, robust finish
Natural brings more fruit and a touch more body; keep in Light–Medium to balance clarity and sweetness.
Flavor Profile
Grape • Lime-Floral • Tropical • Green Tea • Cocoa
Fruit-forward yet clean: red berries and grape over a tropical backdrop; lemon–lime with a floral/tea-like tilt
rather than a super-bright snap, finishing with gentle green-tea and a hint of cocoa/caramel. If you prefer more acidity, a little less body and a cup less overtly fruity, look to the Washed. If you want fruit-driven notes, a slightly more robust body and a floral-leaning acidity, this Natural is the one.
ORIGIN: Volcancito — Boquete (Chiriquí), Panama
Finca La Alquería
Finca La Alquería is a friend’s farm, highly recommended by our colleagues at Damarli Estate. Keith found this lot and sent us a sample: an incredible traditional Pacamara; we couldn’t resist throwing it away. The first thing that stands out about this lot, and most Pacamara beans, is that it has giant beans. Basically, only Pacamara and Margogype produce beans of this size. Pacamara beans are not only known for their size, but also for their intense cup flavor and sweet edges that create a pleasant contrast between brighter notes and a more rustic chocolatey undertone.
Despite this, Panama is quickly becoming the most innovative coffee-producing country in the world, taking coffee farming to a new level. As individual strains like Geisha become more popular and the hybrid controlled fermentation process is perfected, a new world for coffee is opening up. Many Panamanian coffee growers found it very difficult to compete in price and volume with neighboring countries, so they decided to focus on quality and boutique coffee to save the industry in Panama. And it worked! Panamanian coffee currently fetches the highest prices, often among the highest in the world.
AREA
The Volcancito – Boquete Chiriqui
The Volcancito area offers optimal conditions for coffee growing; our beans are carefully grown and harvested, ensuring a rich and flavorful cup of coffee. Finca La Alquería is proud of its commitment to sustainable agricultural practices. They share this message with us:
“We believe in respecting the environment and working with nature to produce high-quality coffee. This has led us to adopt various agricultural practices, such as beekeeping and pollination, which help protect the natural habitat and wildlife that share our land.”
Another practice we apply on our farm is to minimize the chemical load applied to our coffee crops (through fertilization or fumigation). Thanks to these agricultural practices, our farm produces high-quality specialty coffees, such as the Pacamara, Catuaí, Yellow Bourbon, Geisha, and SL-28 varieties.
“We have a special commitment to the families who work on our farm; we understand that our success is only possible thanks to their effort and dedication.”
We believe that education is a fundamental right and a key factor for social mobility. We are committed to providing educational opportunities to the children of our farmworkers, which we recognize as an investment in their future and that of our community. We are proud of this program, which reflects our values of sustainability, social responsibility, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
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Primary high-altitude harvest window: May → Aug (Volcancito–Boquete)
See the previous description format.
Panama is quickly turning into the worlds most cutting edge coffee producing nation. Bringing coffee growing to a whole new level .
While popularizing single strains like Geisha along with dialing in hybrid controlled fermentation processing. A whole new world of coffee. Many Panamanian farmers found it very hard to compete price and volume wise with the neighbor countries so they decided to go boutique and high quality to save the industry in Panama, boy has it worked. Panama coffees now demand the highest prices and are often rated some of the highest in the world.
Finca La Alqueria is a friend of a friend, highly recommended by our buddies at Damarli Estate. Keith found this lot and sent us a sample, a wonderful natural Pacamara, we couldn’t help but to throw it in the container. Although natural processed, this is not a fruity natural, almost more similar to a washed processed in taste. The natural processing gives a little more sweetness and stronger crispness, accentuating the strength of the tones compared to the washed processed. The first thing one will notice about this lot, and most Pacamara beans, they have some giant beans. Basically only Pacamara and Margogype will produce beans this big. Pacamara beans are not only known for their size, but their full flavored sweet edged cups that pull nice contrast between brighter notes and a more rustic chocolaty undertone.
Tasting Notes: We found these beans best at the lighter roast points but works well from light to dark. An even heftier cup than the washed processed, full of floral, citric and sweet tones. Contrasting with malty, nutty and rustic chocolate tones. As the cup cools, you can see more of a fruity edge showing its natural processed roots, but it’s delicate and a bit more citric/peachy than traditional red fruit. Lighter roasts have a pretty blasty citric edge, starts lemony but fades to more of a limey tone in the aftertaste. Good to give it a longer setup, mellowing the brightness will allow many little flavors to pop out. Medium roasts are likely the best starting point for most, still plenty crisp but will accentuate the traditional darker tones and require less waiting after roasting. A wonderful mix of floral and malty/chocolaty without being too sour upfront. Darker roasts can pull a little bittersweet edge but are still very complex heftier cups, good for the stronger coffee fans or those looking for a more exotic dark roast.
Roasting Notes: Easy to roast but with a little higher chaff levels. Surface color appears darker than normal, watch for the expansion in size to mark lighter roasts and/or first crack. We recommend starting on the light to medium roast spectrum, this is where these high class beans will separate themselves from the competition. If you want to build more body and dark tones, or reduce the acidity, take it a bit darker. Lighter roasting can take 4-7 days to mellow out a bit, can be a bit punchy and sour if drank too soon. Medium to dark was pretty tasty after 24 hours, but still improved decently with a longer setup.
In the charming town of Volcancito, Boquete, is a boutique, family-owned and operated coffee farm; nestled in the slopes of the Barú volcano at 1,460 meters above sea level.
The Volcancito area provides optimal conditions for growing coffee, our beans are carefully grown and harvested ensuring a rich and flavorful cup of coffee.
Finca La Alquería takes pride in committing to sustainable farming practices. We believe in treating the environment with respect and working with nature to produce high-quality coffee, which has led us to adopt a variety of agricultural practices, including apiculture/pollination, which help protect the natural habitat and the wildlife that shares our land.
Another practice applied on our farm is to minimize the chemical load applied to our coffee crops (through fertilization or fumigation). Thanks to these agricultural practices, our farm yields high-quality specialty coffees, including pacamara, catuaí, yellow bourbon, geisha, and SL-28 varietals.
We have a special commitment to the families that work on our farm; we understand that our success is only possible because of their hard work and dedication.
We believe that education is a fundamental right and a key driver of social mobility. We are committed to providing educational opportunities to the children of our farm workers, which we recognize as an investment in their future and that of our community. We take pride in this program, which reflects our values of sustainability, social responsibility, and a commitment to excellence in all that we do.
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