Panama Hacienda Barbara #27

Hacienda Barbara sits in Jaramillo, one of Boquete's most recognised growing zones. Managed by agronomist Hunter Tedman, the 2 terms president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama. The farm has spent two decades working the same volcanic soil with the same level of precision. The natural here is executed with restraint. Whole cherries dried on raised beds under controlled conditions, monitored closely enough that the fruit enhances rather than dominates. With gesha, that distinction matters. The variety is unforgiving. Pushed too hard, it loses definition. Handled correctly, it opens up into something with very little resemblance to conventional coffee.