In 1996, during the crisis of low international prices of coffee and the beginning of Special Coffees category, a group of 7 coffee producers from the areas of Boquete and Volcan –Candela got together with the idea to get their coffees known.

Knowing that their Coffees were from excellent quality, that the coffee was the most important agricultural product of the Panamanian high lands, and that a growing high global demand was present, the Panamanian Association of Special Coffees of Panama (SCAP) was born.

Currently SCAP has more than 50 active members that export its varieties of Special Coffees around the world and that are winners of prizes and recognition in different international taste competitions.

2025-2026 Board of Directors

• President: Mr. Ricardo Koyner (Café Kotowa)
• Vice President: Mr. Daniel Peterson (Hacienda Esmeralda)
• Secretary: Mrs. Jannette Janson (Janson Coffee Farm)
• Treasurer: Mr. Roger Pitti (Altieri Specialty Coffee)
• Fiscal: Mr. James Hunter Tedman (Black Moon Farm-Hacienda Barbara S.A.)
• Board Member 1: Mr. Ratibor Hartmann (Finca Hartmann S.A.)
• Board Member 2: Mr. Wilford Lamastus Jr. (Lamastus Family Estates)
• Alternate 1: Mr. Juan Andrés Typaldos (Lost Origin)
• Alternate 2: Mr. Frank Tedman (Café Palo Alto)
• Alternate 3: Mr. José Guillermo Luttrell (Hacienda Cañas Verdes S.A.)