BERLINA ESTATE

Our History

During the early 1920’s, Mr. Segundo Diaz, a Colombian soldier started the coffee plantation La Berlina Estate.

Its 9 farms and 150 hectares, have a production capacity from 2,000 quintals to 10,000 quintals per year.

Most of the coffee variety grown in Boquete, Chiriquí is Arabica coffee, grown at an elevation range of 1500 m – 2000 m MSL, with a median temperature of 17ºC and mild  temporary rains (also known as “bajareque”), has become the perfect scenario for  coffee plantations for Geisha, Pacamara, Catuai, Caturra, Typica, Bourbon, Arabica and Criollo. Among the estates producing coffee, Berlina Estate is one of the oldest and most regarded. The estate is the first to roast gourmet coffee in the region.

Berlina Estate, was a finalist in the best of Panamá from 1997 to 1999, was awarded by the SCAA-US Cupping Pavilion in 2000, and in Paris from 2004 to 2006.

Production Process

The state is fully equipped with a systematic approach in growing their coffee beans, and have adopted an artisan / manual processing system, utilizing both dry and wet processing methods. This organic collection is made by the indigenous groups of Ngäbe-Buglé and local people, who have dedicated  their lives by skill and tradition to the collection of cherry-picking, that are later carefully cleansed with natural spring water fountains, which preserves the powerful characteristics profile of the coffee bean, which makes it so sought after.

 

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Telephone: (507) 720-1000