Flying Goat Coffee
Los Lajones Natural Panama
| Roaster Location: | Healdsberg, California |
| Coffee Origin: | Boquete growing region, western Panama |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 52/63 |
| Review Date: | November 2007 |
| Aroma: | 8 |
| Acidity: | 7 |
| Body: | 7 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Co-cupper Miguel Meza's (88) description is succinct: "Cherry liqueur, smoke and chocolate." Ken (90) finds a similar palette: dark raisin-toned chocolate, red wine, cherry, flowers. Ken interprets Miguel's smoke notes as a slight hint of complicating mustiness. Altogether a quiet, wood-panels and leather easy chair sort of coffee.
Notes
This interesting coffee is a deliberate effort by innovative Panama farmer Graciano Cruz to develop some of the fruity complexity of the new dry-processed coffees of southern Ethiopia by drying ripe fruit on East-African-style raised drying beds in Panama. Co-cupper for this review, Miguel Meza, calls this "an intriguing coffee that seems more driven by the process than [terroir] or [botanical] varietal." He continues: "... a better example of the classic Yemeni Harrar ... profile than many of the examples from these regions." Flying Goat Coffee is a leading boutique retail/wholesale roaster located in the wine country of northern California. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Should resonate well with the cigars and brandy set.
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This review originally appeared in the November, 2007 tasting report: Berries, Wine and Chocolate (Some of the Time): Dry-Processed Coffees of Ethiopia and Yemen
