MICHELLA ESTATE - TYPICA, WASHED - PANAMA

ARCHERS
DUBAI, UAE

MICHELLA ESTATE TYPICA WASHED

APPLE
RAISINS
CARAMEL
ALMOND

ORIGIN: PANAMA
REGION: EL SALTO, BOQUETE
PRODUCER: MARÍA ANTONELLA AMORUSO / FINCA LERIDA
FARM: MICHELLA ESTATE
VARIETY: TYPICA
PROCESS: WASHED
ALTITUDE: 1600 MASL

ROAST DATE: JANUARY 21, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

AS ONE OF BOQUETE COFFEE FARMS’ FOUNDATIONAL VARIETIES, TYPICA IS AFFORDED SPECIAL REGARD BY PANAMANIAN SPECIALTY COFFEE PRODUCERS AS ONE THAT EXPRESSES BOTH AN ESSENTIAL AND ACCESSIBLE CUP CHARACTER THAT SPECIALTY COFFEE DRINKERS WOULD APPRECIATE AS A CLEAN, SWEET, AND WELL-BALANCED DAILY MORNING CUP.

BECAUSE OF THIS SENSE OF HISTORY COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY GOOD CUP QUALITY, IN SPITE OF THE TENDENCY FOR LOWER YIELDS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ADVERSE ELEMENTS, LEGACY PRODUCERS LIKE THE LERIDA ENTERPRISE PERSEVERE IN SUSTAINING A SUBSTANTIAL ALLOCATION OF PLOTS FOR TYPICA IN THEIR PLANTATIONS.

ARCHERS’ FIRST PANAMANIAN LOT IN OUR SPECIALTY SELECTION, MICHELLA TYPICA UNDERWENT A TRADITIONAL WASHED PROCESS, WHEREBY CHERRIES AT A PRE-DETERMINED RIPENESS LEVEL WERE HARVESTED AND FURTHER SORTED THROUGH FLOTATION, BEFORE BEING DEPULPED AND FULLY DEMUCILAGED.

TO DRY, THE COFFEES IN PARCHMENT WERE SPREAD OUT ON A PATIO UNDER DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR AN INITIAL TWO-DAY PRE-DRYING PHASE BEFORE BEING COMPLETED CAREFULLY USING MECHANICAL DRYERS FOR ANOTHER FOUR DAYS.

BY INCREASING INCLUSIVITY OF A WIDER RANGE OF TASTES AND PREFERENCES THROUGH FOCUSED AND THOUGHTFUL PRODUCTION OF NON-GEISHA VARIETIES, MICHELLA CATERS TO SPECIALTY COFFEE ENTHUSIASTS WHO MAY BE AT EARLIER STAGES IN THEIR JOURNEY OF SENSORY DISCOVERY, OR SIMPLY ARE LOOKING TO TASTE THE BEST OF PANAMA APART FROM THE GEISHA.

CONSEQUENTLY, THIS CONTRIBUTES TO ENRICHING APPRECIATION OF PANAMA AS A SPECIALTY COFFEE ORIGIN BEYOND THE GEISHA.