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Elida Washed

Elida Washed

This washed lot from the Lamastus family’s iconic Elida Estate showcases clean and intense white florals atop a base of fresh stone fruit.

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Coffee Expression This washed lot from the Elida Estate showcases clean and intense white florals atop a base of fresh stone fruit.

Producer The Elida Estate has been owned by the Lamastus family since 1918. Elida is located high on the Volcan Baru national park, on the fertile slopes of the extinct volcano. 

100g - Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Technical Data

Producer The Lamastus Family

Region Boquete

Altitude 1800 masl

Varietal Geisha

Process Washed

Harvest February 2025

Brewing Advice

Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm. 

Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.  

We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.

Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.

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Robert Lamastus started planting coffee on the Elida Estate in 1918.

He soon expanded down the slopes, purchasing El Burro in 1925, continuing his work as one of the first in Panama to pursue quality coffee. Elida is located mainly within the Volcan Baru National Forest Reserve, providing rich biodiversity and thick rainforest shade for the coffee trees here. Coffee is planted up to 2000 metres above sea level, while the highest parts of the farm are left untouched, preserving the diversity of native forest species. 

The Lamastus Family

Nowadays, the Lamastus Family Estates are run by Robert’s grandson and great-grandson, Wilford and Wilford Jr.. The Wilfords have continued the focus on quality at Elida with their focus on the most lauded of coffee varietals, Geisha. Panama and Geisha are tightly connected, the iconic varietal had its breakthrough at Hacienda La Esmeralda, also located on the slopes of the Baru Volcano.

The conditions at Elida are perfect for the production of the highest quality Geishas. At the top elevations on the farm, the temperature often drops below 10 degrees by night, lengthening the cherry maturation phase by about a month, slowing development and leading to a further concentration of sugars in the fruit. This intensity and complexity continues into the cup, in part due to excellent processing.

Elida Washed Geisha

This lot is from the ‘Torre’ lot of Elida, located at 1800 masl. Torre is the top lot of Elida, located fully in the Volcan Baru National Park. Lots from Torre have consistently placed highly in the Best of Panama competition, and won outright several times.

This lot is a single day lot from the late harvest, picked on the 24th of February 2025. The cherries were picked at a very developed degree of ripeness, at a deep burgundy colour. They were then de-pulped, and fermented for 48 hours. The cool temperatures at Elida, especially at night, lead to this long fermentation, rounding out the cup profile and leading to an incredible sweetness in the cup. The coffee was then dried on raised beds for 14 days, before resting in a climate controlled warehouse until being sent to us in Copenhagen.

Here, the crisp white florals have an incredible clarity, and the intense citrus aromatics carry into the cup, balanced by fresh stone fruit and a deep and rich honey sweetness.

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