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Description:
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The Lamastus Family, a coffee growing family
since 1918, is the owner of the Elida Estate
and El Burro Estate coffee; both coffees,
winners of many quality prizes in
international and local BOP cupping
competitions, The elevation of the farm, the
quality conscious and quality oriented grandfather
Thatcher, son Wilford and grandson Wilford JR and
the family tradition and passion for coffee have
made this possible.
El Burro coffees are produced in one of the most
undisturbed coffee farms in Panama (
http://www.boquetecoffee.net/fincas.htm),
like Elida farm, part of it is also inside the Baru
Volcano National Park. Organically-grown,
shade-grown, bird friendly, the farm is located at
a very high elevation (farm goes up to 2,000m,
coffee up to 1,800m), in a micro climate with very
low temperatures for coffee.
For several years we have offered the third-wave
coffee roaster our super-specialty coffees: Washed,
Honey and Natural. Our 21 small roasters from all
over the world keep coming back for their
micro-lots. They cup and pick their preferred lots
based on cup attributes. This 2014 season we did
over 50 separate lots and are shipping each lot
separated to our roasters in: Taiwan, Japan.
Australia, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
El Burro farm has a total of 50ha of which
20ha are planted with Geisha and catuai, 10ha are
to be planted and the rest is a private forest
reserve or is inside the VBNP. Coffee in this farm
is only grown up to 1 800m (6000ft).
Like in the Elida farm the coffee trees are
surrounded by the Volcan Baru National Park -a
virgin-native cloudy rain forest, the nights get
cold here, these low temperatures also extend the
ripening time. All these unique growing conditions
show in a distinguished cup.
This coffee is produced under a unique
world-condition for several reasons: first the farm
is located at a very high elevation (one of the
highest coffee farms in Panamá), it is grown in
rich young volcanic soils, the temperatures are
low, there is lots of fog and mist during the dry
season, the coffee trees are surrounded by
virgin-native cloudy rain forest, the nights get
cold here thereby taking a tree from 4 1/2 to 5 1/2
years to start producing (2 or 3 years
longer to produce than average), these low
temperatures also extend the ripening time 1 month
longer (thereby the development of the bean). All
these unique growing conditions show in a
distinguished cup.
The Baru Volcano National Park is one of
the highest volcanoes in Central America, with
14,000ha and 7 different climate
zones depending on the elevation and we are
part of it in both of our farm.
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