In 2018, the Belux Coffee team visited 3 main coffee estates in Panama. And one of them was Elida. The owner, Wilford, brought us to see his highest elevation coffee farm, which is located in a National Park. It’s an incredible visit.
This year, we received Geisha samples from Wilford. It includes natural, honey, and washed processes. We believe it’s a unique opportunity to share the Geisha from the same coffee farm with 3 different processes. Let’s have fun tasting them.
Won the 1st place again in 2024 Best of Panama Geisha Natural category, Elida Coffee farm owned by the Lamastus Family from 1918, a 108-year-old coffee farm in Panama.The Lamastus Family has being producing coffee in Elida Estate for four generations since 1918. Elida Estate coffees are produced under a unique world-ecological condition: it is shade-grown, bird-friendly, the farm is located at a very high elevation, in a microclimate with very low temperatures, the coffee trees are surrounded by the Volcan Baru National Park -a virgin native cloudy rain forest-.
At the turn of the century, Kentucky born Robert Lamastus started an Arabica coffee plantation in a farm located at around 5,600 ft (1 700 m) above sea level in the skirts of the Baru Volcano in Boquete, Panama. At the time our grandfather processed and exported what is still today considered as one of the highest quality coffees in the world. Nowadays and three generations later the tradition continues, the Lamastus family, still produces, processes, exports, and now roast its own rare estate coffees.
The Estates:
The Lamastus, produce these estate coffees in three different farms located in Boquete, Panama. El Burro Estate, Luito Geisha Estates, and Elida Estate. These three estate coffees are located in the highest area of the country in steep hills in the skirt of one of the highest volcanoes in Central America, the Baru Volcano. El Burro Estate is located between 5,200 and 6,500 ft (1.575 and 2,000m) above sea level and Elida Estate is the highest coffee farm in Panama located between 5,500 and 8,200 ft (1.700 and 2.500m) above sea level.
Because of the high altitudes where the coffee is grown the beans are very dense and uniform and they are mild with a medium body, good aroma, and high acidity. These estate coffees are considered among the best in the world.
Event Location: Belux Coffee Roswell, 1055 Alpharetta St., Ste 1800, Roswell GA 30075
