FIELD NOTE: Vol 02—Road To Panama

Introducing FIELD NOTE

FIELD NOTE is our roastery tasting series dedicated to origin stories, rare varieties, and processing breakthroughs. In each edition, we open our doors for an intimate cupping focused on a standout producer, farm, region, or terroir, bringing you closer to the hands and science behind every coffee.

Vol 02—Road To Panama, Session 01

Vol 02 opens Road To Panama, a series built around where these farms actually sit. Every bag of Panama carries a farm name, Esmeralda, Elida, Nuguo, and that name does all the work of telling you what is inside, so the area it grew in ends up as small print. Session 01 takes thirteen farms across western Chiriquí and puts fifteen geisha onto one table, grouped by area instead of by farm, so that Boquete, Cerro Punta with Paso Ancho, and Renacimiento can be taste against each other.


Featured lineup:

BOQUETE, East face of Barú

• Lamastus Elida Estate Loma: Geisha Washed

• Hacienda La Esmeralda Portón 4FB: Geisha Washed

• Hacienda La Esmeralda Portón 2NB: Geisha Dark Room Anaerobic Natural

• Chevas Estate #105: Geisha Washed

• Mama Cata Beneficio Arriba: Geisha Natural

CERRO PUNTA & PASO ANCHO, West face

• Bambito Estate: Geisha Washed

• Bambito Verde x TNT Lab: Geisha Lab Processed Natural

• Savage Coffees Morgan Estate Symbiosis: Geisha Natural

• Finca Sophia Field Blend 52: Auction Lot, Geisha Field Blend Natural

• Santamaría Estate GW: Geisha Washed, no ferment, 15 days on raised beds

• Santamaría Estate GNH: Geisha Hydronat, 96 hours Cold Pressurised

RENACIMIETO, toward the Costa Rica border

• Finca Nuguo 1050-N-WS: Geisha Washed, 48 hours without husk

• Savage Coffees Finca Deborah Umbra: Geisha Extended Dry Natural

• Savage Coffees Iris Estate Echo: Geisha CM Washed

• Arauz: Geisha Anaerobic Natural
  
  

ABOUT CHIRIQUI, PANAMA:
Panama's geisha sits in one province, and almost all of it within sight of one volcano. Boquete runs up the east face of Volcán Barú at roughly 1,500 to 1,950 metres, Cerro Punta and Paso Ancho sit on the west face between about 1,660 and 2,130 metres, and Renacimiento carries on further west toward the Costa Rica border, climbing to 2,300 metres at Iris. The same mountain shapes all three, and each side gets its own cloud cover, its own rainfall pattern, and its own picking window, which is why putting them on one table is worth doing. Thirteen farms, one coffee from each with two farms pouring twice, fifteen coffees in one sitting.

• Format: CUPPING, fifteen geisha on one table, with discussion of area, elevation, and processing

• Duration: approximately 90 minutes

• Capacity: limited to 8-10 seats per session, one seat per ticket

• Sessions: Saturday October 17 at 3:00PM, and Sunday October 18 at 3:00PM

• Location: Hatch Coffee Roastery, Markham

• Cancellation Policy: Minimum 24 hours' notice required for cancellations

• Inquiries: Contact us at orders@hatchcrafted.com for booking questions or private groups