Panama Auromar【Lupao】

About This Coffee

This is a very clean coffee with transparent acidity of green apple, peach and watermelon, gorgeous jasmine and a brandy-like mellow aroma. Auromar Lupao Natural from Finca la Aurora, a regular winner of the Best of Panama awards and prizes almost every year since 2013. This year's BOP also placed 8th in the Natural category and 1st in the Washed category. The name Lupao is the acronym of Roberto Brenes' twin granddaughters Lucia and Paola. Auromar Farm 'Finca La Aurora' is located in the highlands of Candela, Panama, at an altitude of 1570-1770masl. The farm comprises 30.5 ha. The cultivated area is 14.5 hectares at the lowest altitude, while the remaining 16 hectares remain in pristine highland tropical forest in the highest part of the property. The cultivated area has been painstakingly developed to strike a balance between coffee yield and forest preservation. Shade is provided by endemic trees and highland hass avocado trees, which are much heavier than in other farms in the region, and the area enjoys a stable microclimate with little change from hot days to cold nights. Also, due to the altitude, harvesting runs from late December to mid-March, allowing the cherries to fully appreciate the lower humidity from December to January and the sunny, dry summer until mid-April. This combination of forest, shade and late harvesting produces a complex bean of limited supply.