ABU COFFEE - GEISHA, WASHED, LOT 2610 - PANAMA

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ABU COFFEE - GEISHA, WASHED, LOT 2610

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ORIGIN: PANAMA
REGION: CANAS VERDES, BOQUETE
PRODUCER: JOSE LUTTRELL
FARM: ABU COFFEE
VARIETY: GEISHA
PROCESS: CLASSIC WASHED
ALTITUDE: 1550 MASL

ROAST DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

JOSE LUTTRELL IS THE FOUNDER OF ABU COFFEE. HE WAS ALREADY SUCCESSFUL AS AN ENGINEER, USUALLY IN THE CITY AND TRAVELING OVERSEAS FOR WORK, WHEN HIS FATHER TOOK HIM TO REVISIT THEIR FAMILY’S FARMLANDS IN BOQUETE. THIS SPARKED HIS INTEREST IN SPECIALTY COFFEE WHICH, IN TIME, GREW INTO A PASSION.

IT WAS AFTER HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY THAT JOSE TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO PRODUCING SPECIALTY COFFEE AND WHEN ABU COFFEE WAS ESTABLISHED. ABU, SHORT FOR ABUELO, WAS THE AFFECTIONATE NICKNAME JOSE’S CHILDREN HAD FOR THEIR GRANDFATHER. BY PRODUCING DISTINCT AND EXCELLENT COFFEES THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN GROWN ELSEWHERE, AND SHARING THEM WITH THE WORLD, THEY KEEP HIS MEMORY, AND HIS LOVE FOR COFFEE AND BOQUETE ALIVE.

ABU COFFEE STARTED TO BECOME KNOWN WHEN THEY WON 6TH PLACE IN THE GEISHA WASHED CATEGORY AT THE 2017 BEST OF PANAMA COMPETITION. THEIR GEISHAS HAVE BEEN WINNING YEARLY AT THE BOP FROM THEN ON. IN 2021, CATUAI LOTS THEY PRODUCED WERE ALSO AWARDED IN THE VARIETAL NATURAL AND VARIETAL WASHED CATEGORIES.

THESE CONSECUTIVE BOP WINS ARE RECOGNIZED AS A PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE ABU COFFEE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR LESS THAN A DECADE, AND IS MUCH YOUNGER THAN MOST OF THE PRODUCERS IN PANAMA’S PREMIER COFFEE-GROWING ZONE.

ABU COFFEE IS SITUATED IN CAÑAS VERDES, BOQUETE, WHICH BENEFITS FROM A TROPICAL FOREST MICROCLIMATE. THE COFFEE TREES ARE CULTIVATED AT AN AVERAGE ELEVATION OF 1550 MASL ON THE INCLINES OF THE VOLCÁN BARÚ NATIONAL PARK, WHERE THE RICH BIODIVERSITY IS WELL-PROTECTED. SOILS ARE FERTILE, DEEP, WELL-DRAINING, AND OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN.

THERE IS A GOOD BALANCE OF SHADE FROM NATIVE TREES, AND SUNLIGHT DUE TO THE ESTATE’S LOCATION. THERE IS ALSO THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROM A LIGHT TROPICAL MIST IN THE DAYTIME AND DENSER FOG AT DUSK. THESE CONDITIONS HELP THE CHERRIES’ MATURATION PROCESS, SUCH THAT SUGARS INTENSIFY AND ENRICH THE BEANS’ FLAVOR.