
by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne
Origin
Panama
Process
Natural
Variety
Geisha
Roast Type
filter
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW81619135 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW81619135 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">The Garrido family has been cultivating coffee in Boquete, Panama since 1959</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> when Teodoro Garrido </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">established</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> the family's first farm. In the mid-1970s, Teodoro expanded the family business by </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">acquiring</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> another existing farm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> – now called, Mama </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Cata</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> Originally </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">established</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> in 1911, making </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">it</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> one of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Boquete's oldest coffee farms, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Teo renamed the farm, to honor its</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">previous</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> owner</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Since Teo’s passing a few years ago, the family farms are now under the watchful eyes of Teodoro’s two daughters: Liliana and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Gissell</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">. Two fiercely passionate sisters, who </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">couldn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> be more different – but who share a vision, to take the business their father </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">built</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> into the future. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW81619135 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}'> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW81619135 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW81619135 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Mama </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">Cata</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> is home to the best of the Garrido family’s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">G</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">eisha</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> – and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW81619135 BCX0">Toña</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> the highest section of the farm, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">where this lot was grown, holds the best of the best. The Garrido family have placed in the top ten, in all three Best of Panama categories </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">(Geisha Washed, Geisha Natural, & Varietal) </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">multiple time, many of those coffees came from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW81619135 BCX0">Toña</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">This Geisha lot was processed as an Aerobic Natural – a variation of the traditional natural process, where the coffee cherries are dried, with their fruit and skin intact, in a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0">temperature-controlled</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81619135 BCX0"> room. </span></span></p> </div>
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