Panama - Black Moon Farm Chiroso Natural Lot 65

Founded by SCA Panama President Hunter Tedman, Black Moon Farm is a regenerative agriculture project that rebuilds biodiversity to create healthier soils and more expressive coffees.

Sitting in the already rich lands of Alto Quiel, within Panama’s Boquete region, its revitalized environment crafts cups that carry remarkable clarity and depth.

More than coffee, Hunter’s vision for Black Moon is as a biodiverse food forest, a self-sustaining edible ecosystem. That intention translates directly into the cup. Their coffees are precise, vibrant, and deeply articulate.

In 2024, this approach earned Black Moon Farm 1st place in the Varietal category at the Best of Panama, achieving the highest price ever paid in that bracket. The momentum continued in the 2025 BOP with a 2nd place finish in Varietals.

Black Moon cultivates a diverse range of coffee varieties, including Panama Geishas descended from original Costa Rican stock introduced in the 1960s, alongside Chiroso — an Ethiopian landrace now gaining global recognition after first emerging in Colombia.

Here, whether rare or local, each variety is guided by its environment toward a more complete expression.

That same precision carries through to processing. Cherries are pulped within five hours of harvest, then undergo 48 hours of controlled fermentation using carefully selected coffee yeasts. Drying follows in a custom-built Dark Drying Room over 45 days, allowing structure, clarity, and depth to develop with intention.