PANAMA | Elida Estate | Catuai | Natural

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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW249069365 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos",268442635,"24",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}'>At this point, the Lamastus family legacy has become legendary. They have been growing coffee in the Boquete region of Panama for over 100 years and have won the Best of Panama competition multiple times with their Geisha—most recently placing first in the Natural Geisha category in the 2024 competition with a Geisha from Elida Estate.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"920dbcde-2834-5e15-a5fa-062170b236ba|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos",268442635,"24",469775450,"eop",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"eop",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}'> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}'> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW249069365 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Wilford Lamastus and his son, Wilford Jr., manage the family's three farms high up in the cloudy rainforest of the Boquete region, on the edge of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Volcán</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Barú</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> National Park. In fact, more than half of Elida Estate is within the boundaries of the park</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Elida Estate was their first farm to be planted with Geisha back in 2005, and they have been producing some of the best Geisha in the world ever since.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span class="SCXW249069365 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW249069365 BCX0"></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop">While it may be Geisha </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop">that’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> made the Lamastus Family legendary, the variety only accounts for a small percentage of the annual production at Elida (around 10%). </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop">The vast majority of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> the farm is planted with </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop">Catuai</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> – and this naturally processed lot is an exceptional example of the variety. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW249069365 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}'> </span></p> </div>