Panama

Panama coffee production took place in the Boquete Valley until the early twentieth century, although coffee grew wild throughout the Pacific coast region of Panama until the production did not match domestic consumption. The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has grouped light arabica as a variety of coffee grown in Panama. The best quality coffee in Panama is grown in Boquete. In the 2008 Coffee Magazine, two Panama coffees received a higher rating and recorded record prices than Costa Rican coffee. This is mainly due to the unprecedented success of the Geisha variety. This variety comes from Ethiopia and arrived in Tanzania and Costa Rica in the 1960s in Panama.