Paradise Roasters
Hilo, HI, USA
Mama Cata Estate is a farm in Boquete, Panama first established in and currently owned by the Garrido Family since 1997. They have many varieties growing like Geisha/Gesha and their award winning Mokkita. They are always testing and adding new varieties and one of these is H1 Centroamericano. H1 CentroAmericano is the first release of a newer generation of F1 hybrid varieties That began to be distributed to growers about a decade ago. This variety is a cross of Rume Sudan, a disease resistant plant from the Bomb Plateau of South Sudan and Sarchimor T.5296. Itself a hybrid of the dwarf Villa Sarchi bourbon mutant and HDT (Hybrid de Timor) - A hybrid of Arabica and Robusta species that is the source of disease resistance for most modern coffee varieties. It is a very high yielding variety known for good, but not generally excellent cup quality. Jose David Garrido has been working for years to find a processing method that does make this variety great. ASD - Anaerobic Slow Dry has been his answer. The cherries are fermented in air-tight containers for several days and then dried slowly for more than month on raised screens.
Bittersweet Chocolate
Guava
Floral
Orange Blossom
Blueberry
Honeydew
Type
Single Origin
Origin
Boquete, Panama
Roast
Light
Species
Arabica
Varieties
H1 Centroamericano
Process
Anaerobic Slow Dry Natural
Altitude
1500-1700m
Producer
Jose David Garrido
Farm
Mama Cata Estate