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Today, however, coffee has been on my mind ever since my plant bloomed and we just had a big fair in Boquete. Wonderful coffee is grown in the mountains just above us. The climate and growing conditions are good, so there are many coffee farms here. Several of them also give coffee tours that are very interesting. The plants are beautiful with glossy, dark green leaves and fragrant flowers, or when the time is right, red berries containing coffee beans. I even have my own coffee plant! I don’t expect to be harvesting coffee but it is interesting and very pretty.
Geisha coffee is also grown here. It is the most exclusive and expensive coffee in the world! This article here explains it much better than I do. https://coffeeaffection.com/geisha-coffee/ Geisha plants are slow growing, do not produce much, and are finicky about growing conditions, but the coffee they produce is unlike any other coffee.
The price of Geisha coffee set a record a couple of years ago, $2560/pound! https://www.newsroompanama.com/business/surreal-panama-geisha-coffee-tops-2500-a-pound Can you imagine how you would feel if you grew and sold this coffee?
Here are a couple of YouTubers I keep discussing about Geisha coffee
Coffee is a big problem here in the Chiriquí highlands! They have a big fair every year to celebrate. This year’s fair just wrapped up on Sunday and there were tons of visitors, loud music until late into the night and lots of happy people. And, of course, it’s a huge economic boost for the city. Our band played in Boquete on Sunday night. There were big buses from all over the country parked everywhere, lots of cars, lots of people on foot, and a wonderful, enthusiastic crowd at our concert, so we had a great time. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/boquete-flower-and-coffee-fair-marks-50-years
We’re in tourist season now, so we’re looking forward to more fun band nights ahead. When the holidays are over and it’s cold in the north, people come down to enjoy the warm weather. Boquete is a tourist and expat destination, so you are likely to meet people from all over the world. We prefer to live at a lower, warmer elevation, but we are happy to be close enough to Boquete to enjoy the moments there.
