Floral, juicy peach, honey. Carmen estate is a 24-hectare farm in the volcan valley of chiriqui, panama. The farm is located at 1700 meters and grows a mix of catuai, caturra, and typica varieties under a shade canopy. Every year the ripe coffee cherries are carefully hand-picked by members of the nobes-bugle indigenous people in the dry weather of late december through the end of march. The third generation owner of carmen, carlos aguiera franceschi uses an eco-pulper to remove the cherry husk and pulp from his coffee and then uses a combination of sun and machine drying to perfectly prepare the beans.