Bambito Estate Geisha 2024

(2024 Harvest)

Bambito Estate claimed 1st place in the prestigious 2021 Best of Panama competition with their extraordinary "Avalanche of Flavor" submission, which sold at auction for an astounding $1,502 per pound. Each year, Bambito Estate Geisha is among the coffees we most eagerly anticipate, as they craft Geisha like few others on Earth. This year's offering is a remarkable washed-process Geisha, a sister to the award-winning "Avalanche of Flavor," sourced from the same lot. We are honored to be among the few roasters worldwide to offer Bambito Estate Geisha Washed.

From Priscilla Sitton, Bambito Estate:
"Our production is very small. We pay a very strict attention to the harvesting process. Only expert pickers harvest our geisha plantations, permanent workers that have been in the farm for many years. Our lots No. 4 and No. 5 are Geisha, any other Geisha tree in the other lots is marked with a red ribbon.

We give harvesters weekly seminars about the picking process, what is the color of the correct bean to be harvested, Brix grades are taken randomly during the day. We even have a weekly reward for the best picker.

Even though Bambito Estate is a small farm, we do our best to be an example for other farms. We recycle, we have a Summer school for our workers children, and we sponsor our local primary school with breakfast all year around to name a few things. Every Friday we have our plantation Foreman talking about different subjects of interest.

We are small team but I feel very blessed and grateful for each one of them."

About Bambito Estate:
"In 1945, Alberto Sitton Rios acquired a farm in the mountains of Bambito, Chiriqui Province, Panama. The farm in Bambito represents Alberto Rios's passion and his commitment to continue a legendary family tradition. Much of what makes Bambito Estates one of the best coffee producers in Panama is its near-perfect climate for coffee cultivation. Located near Volcan Baru (an inactive volcano and Panama's highest point) and in between two national forest parks in Chiquiri Province, Bambito Estate's coffee is comprised of three coffee varietals (50% catuai, 45% caturra, and 5% typica) and is grown at an elevation that ranges between 5,350 and 6,000 feet (1600-1800 meters) above sea level. The combination of varietals gives this coffee the rich, full body associated with Central American coffees."

Coffee Details:
Region: Volcan Baru (Boquete)
Farm: Bambito Estate
Varietal: Geisha
Processing: Fully Washed
Grade: SHB
Altitude: 1,700-2,300 MASL