Region: Los Naranjos, Boquete, Chiriqui
Elevation: 1700 masl
About: The Lamastus family have been growing coffee in the Boquete region of Panama for over 100 years and have won the Best of Panama competition five times with their Geisha. 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 the Volcan Baru National Park. 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. In 2018 and 2019, Geisha from Elida won both the washed and the natural categories in the Best of Panama competition, something never seen before! This Geisha was processed using Wilford's own anaerobic slow dry (ASD) method. First, the coffee cherries are fermented in a sealed tank for five days before being dried on raised beds for 45-60 days. This is a longer drying time than traditional naturals and results in a very complex cup with notes of tropical fruits and a sparkling acidity.
