Finca Los Cantares Marie Vallarino - Washed Caturra Catuai - Panama
Finca Los Cantares Marie Vallarino - Washed Caturra Catuai - Panama
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Medium
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Chocolate/Nutty, Fruity
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Chocolate, Nuts, Dried Fruit
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Panama
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Washed
Whole Bean
Roast: Medium
Recommended Rest: 2-3 weeks from roast date
Tasting Notes: chocolate lava cake, pecan, raisin
Origin Details
Region: Chiriqui, Panama
Elevation: 1500-1595m
Producer: Marie Jackie Mercer Vallarino, Finca Los Cantares
Process: Washed
Variety: Caturra, Catuai
ABOUT THIS COFFEE AND PRODUCER
Marie Jackie Mercer Vallarino has been growing and exporting coffee from Los Cantares estate for the past two decades. Her farm has won her multiple awards including a first place 2012 Best Of Panama win and a second place win in 2014.
Los Cantares Estate has 125 acres cultivated with coffee, meticulously divided into plots with distinct varieties planted based on landscape and micro-climates, which influence the maturation and ultimate quality of a coffee seed in different ways. Los Cantares Estate also has 50 acres of naturally preserved forest, which is a reflection of the mindful and environmentally balanced approach to farm management.
This lot is picked with a keen attention to cherry maturation. The ripe cherries are floated to remove less dense and damaged seeds, and then depulped, fermented, washed and placed on raised beds and turned regularly over a period of 8 to 12 days.
WHY WE SELECTED THIS COFFEE
This is our first time working with Finca Los Cantares and Marie Vallarino, featuring their Washed Caturra Catuai.
We don’t often source coffees from Panama for a cocoa-forward profile, but this one felt too compelling not to share. If you’re curious how terroir and growing conditions can translate into deeper, chocolate-driven flavors, this is a great example.
The medium roast brings out a rich, decadent chocolate character that reminds us of lava cake. There’s also a layered, sugary nuttiness—something like pecan pie—alongside a jammy raisin sweetness that adds a distinct, fruit-driven sugariness.
The finish is especially notable here: pronounced and long-lasting, with more persistence than we typically see in coffees at this roast level.
