89	Lerida Estate Boquete Valley, Panama Special Reserve - Green Roast: NA Review Date: April 2001 Origin: Boquete Valley, Chiriqui Province, Panama Price: NA

Blind Assessment: A splendidly pure, clear, ringing profile, with a sweet floral acidity some jurors compared to the great Kenya coffees. A hint of deeper, pruny fruit gave the profile ballast and authority. My initial score almost perfectly matched the collective score, but as the cup cooled it seemed to simplify and to allow the acidity to dominate. Hence my mildly dissenting score.

Notes: A splendidly pure, clear, ringing profile, with a sweet floral acidity some jurors compared to the great Kenya coffees. Panama 's famous Lerida estate was founded in the 1922 by Tollef Monniche, a retired Norwegian engineer who was a key contributor to the construction of the Panama canal. The meticulous attention to detail initiated by its founder has been taken up by the

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