Panama Premiun Boquete

Beans

Roasting Notes

Looks way darker roasted than it is, even at first crack. If you are seeing splotches of color on a single bean, you are still in the light to medium ballpark. If you like acidity, floral and fruit tones, the light roast cup is pretty cool stuff. If you like traditional Panama and Central American coffee, good to go into the medium roast points to get some darker toned balance. Darker roasts will be exotic for the roast point, but we liked it best before 2nd crack. A longer setup time on these beans will help a ton, blasty coffees often need 3-5 days to start tasting their best.

Cupping Notes

Light to Medium
Light roasts themselves will be brighter with crisp lemony floral notes and more noticeable fruit tones, nutty tones to balance out the cup. Medium roasts bring a smoother and richer cup, develop the nuttiness into more of a malty/chocolate like taste, reduces the fruitiness but keeps the sweetness, still a bit lemony upfront but has a much more noticeable malt like tone with a bit of spice to balance it out.