Coffee is a staple in our home as I am sure it is in many others. And some days, like today, a few cups to kick start does the body good. Panama grows a lot of its own coffee in the mountainous areas of Chiriqui Province, and it also imports its fair share from places around the globe. I will say that the Panama grown coffee is excellent and of course the price is right.
We drink a lot of coffee so the taste has to be there. We grew up drinking Dunkin Donuts coffee and that is excellent also, and yes my New England friends, Panama does run on Dunkin too. But we choose to stick with native coffee, why else did we move here? The coffee is smooth and tasty, drop in a little milk (cream is not big here unless you like that package dry powder crap) and you are on your way to start any day.
Let's have a quick Panama coffee lesson to learn how the best coffee is produced here in Panama.
Boquete is to coffee as Bordeaux is to wine. Panama's coffee has been
considered to be the best coffee in the world for 3 years in row. So.
it would be a little bit strange if you came to Boquete and you left
without visiting a coffee plantation, don't you think? Prepare your
taste buds for an explosion of flavors!Several of the world's best coffee producers give you the unique opportunity to have a complete coffee tour through their coffee farms, processing factories ("beneficio"), roasting plants and tasting facilities. Café Ruiz begins their tour at their coffee farm in Palmira,
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Coffee has its coffee plantation in the Palo Alto region where you will
have a chance to see a coffee mill that is almost 100 years old, and
both Café Suárez and Finca Lérida run their coffee tours at their farms
in Alto Quiel.At a coffee tour in Panama you will learn everything about the coffee process, from when the coffee tree is planted and starts growing, until the way coffee is brewed for you to drink it. You will be able to appreciate the importance of the Ngöbe Buglé indigenous that hand pick the red coffee berries when they are perfectly ripe. You will also have a glance of the shade grown technique which only allows the precise amount of sun on each coffee tree and protects the environment. And you will end with a cupping, in which you will sample different flavors and roasts.
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