PANAMA | Lamastus Family Estates | Catuai | Natural

Origin

• 🇵🇦 Panama

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  25
• Funky
  20

Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Cherry, Apricot and blackberry Producer: Wilford Lamastus Region: Boquete Varietal: CatuaiCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America. Process: NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. Recipes: Espresso: 1:2.5 | Filter: 1:17 About: Fruity, tangy, wineyFunky / lacticTasting language for deliberate fermentation flavor: yogurt-like tang (lactic), winey or boozy notes, overripe fruit. A feature in experimental lots, a defect in classic ones., and delicious! This Catuai is juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. AF, packed with fruits! Lamastus Family Estates’ Catuai demonstrates what can happen when an ideal climate a terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. combine. Catuai is known to be a commercially viable varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. with good yields and solid cup quality. At Lamastus Family Estates the Catuai is grown in rich volcanic soil and is surrounded by virgin cloudy rainforest. The low temperatures cause the cherries to ripen slowly, generating a higher concentration of sugars and complexity of flavor. Roasting days: Proud Mary roast Monday-Friday during normal business hours. To ensure freshness of coffee, best to order early in the week as postal services and couriers do not operate on weekends. Orders: placed by 8.30am PST will be roasted and dispatched the same day. If you are ordering on a Friday, and order after 8.30am then your coffee will be roasted the following business day - Monday.