Coffee Estates

All the Estates are located in the Boquete District and have altitutudes ranging from 1360 m to 2000 m over the sea level. Their soil is from volcanic origin with temperatures averaging 15 to 22 ºC and with a rainfall average on the region of 3000mm per year. Winds are North-South during the summer season with the Baru Volcano located to the west and the Central Mountain range to the North, making this the ideal location for the coffee activities.

Camiseta y Los Limones

Vidal and Eira Suarez start the coffee agriculture in the El Salto region, towards the top of the Barú Volcano on the region known as Camiseta. They planted the Típica coffee variety, which still remains as 80% of that estate today.

Later on they added the Los Limones estate and several smaller ones to expand the area. These estates are at an altitude from 1500m to 1700m above sea level. The micro-climate in this region is dryer during the summer season influenced by the northern winds, which find no obstruction whatsoever due to the lack of mountains around the area.

The administration of these estates entail sharing activities that optimize the production and maintain the quality of the soil, a very important characteristic for the cup profile of this coffee.

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La Gloria

This estate was acquired in 1985 and is located on the Horqueta Region, named after the second highest mountain on the Central System – first being the Barú Volcano. This estate is 70% Tipica variety and 30 % Catuai and Caturra. This estate’s topography is very irregular, and provides not only spectacular views of the platation itself, but also breathtaking scenery from the Barú Volcano and the Central System. Due to the location, it also has a wide variety of flora and wildlife – such as white-neck monkeys, venison, rabbits and several birds native to the region.

It has four natural wellsprings, two that originate on the estate and two that run across. These qualities make the soil very rich in organic matter and very well balanced, chemically speaking.

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Hortigal

This estate started being harvested over 70 years ago with the Tipica variety, adding small areas of Caturra and more recently Geisha. The soil is very rich in organic matter and nutrients and the estate is delimited by 2 streams to the east and west that originate in the Central System but also has another two wellsprings year round that originate from within. It also contains wildlife typical from the area.

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Anselmito

This estate was originally property of the Watson family, from European origins. It was then purchased by the Perez Balladares family around 1992-1993. It is located in the Jaramillo region and has the Catuai and Tipica varieties, most of the trees being the originals from the first family that owned it. It has it’s own wellspring and also another one that runs thought it and originates above the area. It’s location allows great views to the west to the Barú Volcano and the main square of the city of Boquete. It also has specific wildlife different from the region due to the large amount of shade given by the trees.

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San Sebastián

This estate is located in the Palmira Region between a 1400m and 1500m altitude over sea level. The topography of the estate is almost flat, with some very soft elevations. It is located at the feet of the Barú Volcano and to the south of the El Salto farms. It has dry micro-climate during summer but with great influence from the southern winds as it’s far away from the Central System. It has mostly Catuai variety and some Tipica.

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Oscarcito

This estate is located on the Jaramillo Region and its altitude is between 1400 m and 1550 over sea level. It has mostly Tipica variety but it also contains Bourbon trees planted over 70 years ago by Don Oscar Sánchez, uncle of Doña Eira Gutierrez de Suarez. The estate has one wellspring and has a great variety of wildlife and flora. Several hectars have been dedicated to the Geisha variety recently.

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Buenos Aires

This estate is located on the Las Nubes area at the higher grounds of Jaramillo and it´s the hishesst estate of all, from 1600 m to 2100 m over sea level. It´s been used for animal farming to date, but will start the coffee production in 2011. It has five wellsprings that are important water supplies in th region. One third of the estate has primary forests and thanks to the location it has amazing views of the Central System, the Barú Volcano to the west and to the south you can see the Pacific Ocean during summer season.