Complex fruity coffee with flavor of cherry, apricot, orange; sweetness is light honey, nicely balancing the aciditiy.
Altieri Specialty Coffee is a family-owned group of coffee growing farms from Boquete in Panama, founded by Eugene Altieri, an Italian American businessman residing in Panama. We have two farms located in Boquete, called Mima Estate in the area of Callejon Seco and Pipim Estate in the area of Alto Lino.
This area consists of volcanic soil, drained on the slope of the volcanic mountain, at an altitude where winds from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans collide creating microclimates different from the rest of the country. Mima Estate (Callejon Seco) produces Geisha, Typica and Catuai, while Pipim Estate (Alto Lino) produces Caturra.
After fifteen years of coffee growing and earning various awards, the second generation of the Altieri family are following Eugene’s legacy, working together to expand the Altieri Specialty Coffee brand. Given that family is in Altieri Specialty Coffee’s core values, our 10 lots’ names have special meaning; they are named after each of the Altieri family’s 10 grandchildren.
Natural Anaerobic Slow Dry Processing
After hand-picked the cherry, it underwent a cleaning and refloating selection in our coffee mill in Alto Lino, Boquete. Afterwards, the lot was placed in sealed tanks for 96 hours to undergo an anaerobic fermentation. Moreover, this fermentation process takes place in our controlled temperature warehouse of 18 º C.
The drying process was made in two phases. First, it was placed on African beds, exposed directly to the sun for 30 days and then placed under shadow to achieve a slower drying process. These two drying phases have been critical to achieve the intensity accomplished in this coffee. Later, the coffee was placed in our controlled humidity and temperature warehouse for resting.
Bean Specification
- Origin: Panama
- Region: Boquete
- Farm: Altieri Specialty Coffee
- Altitude: 1750m
- Cultivar: Catuai
- Processing: Natural Anaerobic Slow Dry
- Sourcing: BVI International