Panama - Finca Ponderosa Guayabita SF DRD

Ponderosa Coffee Estate, nestled in Cordillera Arriba, is a first-generation farm owned by Gilberto Cardoze & Edgar Gutierrez. Guided operationally by Ratibor Hartmann of the esteemed Hartmann heritage, Ponderosa has become known for excellence in cultivation and processing techniques, yielding uniquely captivating and elegant flavor profiles.

Benefitting from Ratibor’s experience-based agronomic knowledge and a philosophy informed by biodiversity and ecological stewardship, Ponderosa has claimed a place among Panama’s emerging premium coffee estates. With an unwavering focus on quality & the ambition to produce distinctive cup characters, its lots reflect the intentionality that defines the Hartmann approach, integrated with Gilberto & Edgar’'s aspiration to contribute coffees of great value to Chiriquí and the country's coffee legacy.

While shaped by Hartmann heritage, Ponderosa is driven by Gilberto & Edgar’s vision in charting its own course, sowing the seeds of its own tradition of excellence, & adding to Panama’s diverse & ever-evolving elite coffee landscape.

Panama Geisha is a rare, delicate, and complex variety well-loved for its sweet florality and citrus highlights. Since its debut win at the Best of Panama auction in 2004, it has kept specialty coffee lovers everywhere captivated by its endless possibilities, delicacy, complexity, and clarity of flavors.

As such, it is often showcased on coffee competition stages by a great number of coffee champions, and it also continues to fetch the highest prices.

While a coffee’s truest intrinsic qualities are still largely believed to be showcased best by traditional washed processing due to the demucilaging, washing, and scrubbing steps removing all traces of fruit from the bean, the expertise of seasoned and passionate producers like Gilberto Cardoze / Edgar Gutierrezallows them to direct the flavor character of the Panama Geisha towards a seemingly endless diversity of delightfully surprising trajectories.

They do this through the purposeful implementation of traditional methods like the natural and honey processes, as well as intentional and innovative processing styles.