What Does Arabica Mean for Panama Catuai?
What does arabica mean in practice? Arabica is the coffee species that includes Catuai, a cross between Caturra and Mundo Novo. Catuai inherits Caturra's low tree height and high yield, and its name comes from an indigenous language meaning "very good." This Panama Finca El Fuego honey-processed Catuai shows lemon, orange, cranberry, and green tea notes in the cup.
Arabica beans meaning also covers how variety and processing shape flavor. Honey processing at Jurutungo Estate leaves sweetness that supports the fruit acidity. Front Street's pour-over uses 15g of medium-ground coffee in a V60 at 88-89°C, a 1:15 ratio, a 27-second bloom, staged pours up to 225g, and a two-minute extraction for a smooth, layered cup.
What flavors does the honey-processed Catuai from Panama's Jurutungo Estate actually present? This article provides a complete analysis of this bean's characteristics, from variety background and regional terroir to specific brewing methods. As a hybrid of Caturra and Mundo Novo, Catuai combines high yield with stress resistance, while Jurutungo Estate's honey processing gives it layers of lemon, orange, cranberry, and green tea. The article also records in detail Front Street Coffee's pour-over parameters: 15g grounds, medium grind, V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature, 1:15 water-to-coffee ratio, along with the complete operation process of staged pouring and a 2-minute extraction time, for coffee enthusiasts to reference and practice.
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"Catuai" is a cross between Mundo Novo and Caturra, one could say a second-generation hybrid. It inherits Caturra's advantage of a low tree height... the variety name Catuai comes from an indigenous language, meaning "very good." As a member of the Arabica family, Catuai is relatively high-yielding.
Pour-over of Front Street Panama Jurutungo Estate. 15g grounds, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth burr setting 4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature, first pour 30g of water, bloom for 27 seconds, pour to 105g of water and stop, wait for the water level in the coffee bed to drop to half before pouring again, slowly pour until 225g of water, discard the tail end, water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00
Factory name: Coffee Workshop Factory address: FrontStreet Coffee, No. 10 Bao'an Qian Street, Yandun Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City Manufacturer contact: 020-38364473 Shelf life: 90 Net content: 227g Packaging method: Bulk coffee beans Roast level: Roasted coffee beans Contains sugar: No sugar Origin: Panama Roast level: Medium roast
Front Street Panama Jurutungo Estate Honey-Processed Catuai Panama Jurutungo Honey Catuai
Country: Panama
Grade: SHB
Region: Jurutungo Region
Roast level: Medium roast
Processing method: Honey processing
Variety: Catuai
Processing station: Jurutungo Estate
Flavor: Lemon, orange, cranberry, green tea
Cupping flavor: Dried fruit aroma, rich fruit acidity, obvious sweetness on entry, lemon, orange, cranberry, green tea, uniform and smooth texture, soft with a hint of floral fragrance, sweet aftertaste that lingers,
Catuai:
Catuai is a coffee variety artificially hybridized from Caturra and Mundo Novo. Catuai has relatively good resistance to natural disasters, especially wind and rain.
The Catuai tree is relatively short. Compared with other coffee trees, Catuai's fruit grows more firmly and is not easy to pick. The fruit can be either red or yellow. So far, no yellow fruit has been found to taste better than red fruit. On the contrary, some people have found in cupping that although coffee processed from some yellow fruit has decent acidity, its cleanliness is worse than that of red fruit.
Catuai was bred in Brazil and is now also widely planted in Central America.
Panama's premium coffee is grown in the western part of the country, near Costa Rica and close to the Pacific Ocean. Coffee produced in the Boquete region of Chiriqui Province is the most famous, and Volcan, Santa Clara, and Candela are also well known. Other areas include the David region, Remacimeinto region, Bugaba region, and Tole region. Only coffee grown at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,500 meters is considered specialty coffee.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
