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THE JOURNALFIELD NOTES · Nº 01INAUGURAL SEASON · 2026
2026 SELECTION · BOQUETE
Best of Panama (Test)
WORDS
EGGSTONE Cupping Lab
DATA
Uncrack Engine · NIR
LOTS
3 · 2 producers
Upcoming · Aug 19
The ridgelines of Boquete — 2026 Selection.FIG. 01
Boquete's growers work the most scrutinised farmland in coffee ? this is the record of a season.
01THE ORIGIN
Every lot below carries a 16-component chemistry read alongside its cupping score.
Farm photo
Mill · drying photo
Raised drying beds; Geisha cherry at full colour.FIG. 02–03
02IN THE MILL
Naturals rest on raised beds for three weeks.
The 2025-26 harvest came late; Brix at delivery hit estate records.
“This season, the coffee brings its own numbers to the table.”
— MARIANA QUINTERO
03THE PLAYERS
01→02→
Pedro VillanuevaFAMILY ESTATE
Pedro's family has farmed Boquete, Bolivia for generations, balancing tradition with a new appetite for measured, evidence-first processing.
Mariana QuinteroHIGH-ALTITUDE SPECIALIST
A Boquete, Colombia grower whose small lots are picked in multiple passes and dried slowly to protect what the altitude gives.
Producers · landscape photo
Boquete's highlands under Volcán Barú.FIG. 04
04THE CATALOGUE
010203
Caldas La Suiza Geisha
Mariana Quintero · Geisha · Washed
SCA
91.5
EST. · PREVIEW
$147–$173
Alasitas Geisha Coco Natural
Pedro Villanueva · Geisha · Natural
SCA
90
EST. · PREVIEW
$124–$145
Alasitas Geisha
Pedro Villanueva · Geisha · Washed
SCA
88.5
EST. · PREVIEW
$87–$102
House estimates are previews until the pricing model is trained.
Opening Aug 19
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