Boquete, Panama: interactive Specialty Coffee Tour
ID: GYG657082-1086412
Category:
Country: Panama
Duration:
03:00 hours
Description
Experience & learn about various coffee varieties, including Caturra, Catuai & Geisha, and the processing methods from coffee cherry to coffee bean, with a Coffee Tasting of the famous Geisha coffee!
Our expert guide will share insights about the different coffee varieties you can admire along the trails. In a small group, we will hike among the coffee plants, surrounded by breathtaking views that reach as far as Costa Rica and the ocean on a clear day.
During the tour, our specialised guide will provide you with information about growing coffee, where you will also get to pick and process coffee berries yourself according to the "washed" method using our "depulper," making the tour interactive.
We will conclude with a cupping session (coffee tasting) of Bocas del Mar coffee, where you will go deeper into the roasting process, brewing coffee, and learn to taste coffee professionally. Different taste aspects of the coffee are explained, such as aroma, flavour, body and acidity, using a cuppingsheet.
We offer:
- Private tour: small groups of max. 4 persons.
- Transportation from Bajo Boquete (Mounelli Coffeebar) to the coffee farm and back.
- Expert guide with more then 15 years of experience in Specialty Coffee and Belgium Barista Champ. (2009)
- Interactive tour, where you get the chance to pick and process coffee cherries.
- Professional cupping session (=tasting), where you can taste the famous Geisha coffee among other varieties.
- Fun and informative experience in a beautiful, tropical setting.
Highlights
- - Private & interactive Specialty Coffee Tour
- - Expert Tourguide Melanie, Belgium Barista Champion 2009
- - Coffee Tasting included, taste our famous Geisha coffee!
- - Transportation by Jeep included from Boquete city center and back.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Mounelli Coffeebar, [inside] hotel Isla Verde, Calle 4 a Sur, Bajo Boquete. Walk passed the hotel reception, follow the path and you will see our coffeebar, a glass building in blue.
INCLUDED
- Transportation (by Jeep): from Boquete city centre to the farm and back.
- Expert tour guide with 15+ years of experience in Specialty Coffee.
- Professional Coffee tasting with cuppingsheet. Taste Geisha coffee and other coffee varieties.
- Bottle of Boquete spring water.
NOT INCLUDED
- Lunch is not included, but can be reserved. ($ 10pp) Vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, sugar-free,.. options available.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.