Newsletter | When Panamanian Gesha meets Chinese taste buds - Panamanian coffee becomes the "favorite" Gesha of young Chinese consumers | Chen Haoquan | Coffee Beans

Release time:Jun 10, 2024 15:02 PM

Boquete, Panama, June 10th News | When Panamanian Gesha meets Chinese taste buds - Panamanian coffee becomes the "favorite" of young Chinese consumers

In a hotel at the foot of Mount Baru, Panama's highest peak, the sound of coffee cups is being sipped. Each type of Gesha coffee beans "born and raised" at the foot of the volcano was ground and brewed, vying to please the taste buds of judges from all over the world.

On February 19, a worker carried freshly picked coffee beans at the Peterson family estate in the Boquete area of ​​Chiriqui Province, Panama. Photo by reporter Chen Haoquan

The 28th "Best of Panama" Green Coffee Bean Competition concluded recently in Boquete, a city in western Panama. 180 types of coffee beans produced from local estates were initially screened by Panama's domestic judges and then handed over to international judges for scoring. The champions of each category were ultimately ranked according to scores.

The "Best of Panama" Green Coffee Bean Competition started in 1996. It is one of the earliest international green coffee bean competitions and is hosted by the Panama Specialty Coffee Association. After the competition each year, the "Champion Bean" is open to buyers from all over the world for bidding.

There are many industry professionals from China in this year’s competition. Hunter Tedman, chairman of the Panama Specialty Coffee Association, told reporters that in recent years, more and more Chinese judges, buyers and consumers have participated in the competition, which fully reflects the rising attention of Panama coffee in the Chinese market.

On February 19, a worker picked coffee beans at the Peterson family estate in the Boquete area of ​​Chiriqui Province, Panama. Photo by reporter Chen Haoquan

According to the organizer, there are many Chinese judges among the 21 international judges in this competition. The guest judges who taste the flavor of Panama coffee on behalf of buyers also include many people from the Chinese coffee industry, and some Chinese coffee lovers specially come to Come and join this annual coffee event.

Guo Jin from Shenzhen has been invited to serve as an international judge for the competition for the seventh time. She entered the specialty coffee industry 12 years ago and is currently the manager of a domestic specialty coffee chain brand. Guo Jin told reporters that the Asian market is the main market for Panamanian Geisha coffee beans. With the rapid growth of the Chinese coffee market in recent years, the Panamanian coffee industry has paid more and more attention to its relationship with Chinese customers.

Guo Jin said that her brand has more than a dozen cafes in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places, and Geisha coffee beans imported from Panama contribute nearly half of the brand's sales every year. "Gesia coffee beans have main flavors such as jasmine, bergamot and sweet orange. They are close to the flavor of tea that Chinese people like to drink, so they are popular among Chinese consumers."

Wang Zongxin, also from Shenzhen, is a guest judge of this competition and entered the coffee industry 6 years ago. In his opinion, in addition to having many similarities with Chinese tea in terms of flavor, Panama Gesha coffee beans also have hand-brewed brewing methods that are similar to tea culture, satisfying young people’s pursuit of freshness and therefore becoming a Chinese tea. The “favorite” of young consumer groups.

This is a photo of coffee beans being dried at the Petersson family estate in Boquete, Chiriquí Province, Panama on February 19. Photo by reporter Chen Haoquan

At present, the main model of China-Pakistan specialty coffee trade is to import green coffee beans from Panama, roast them domestically, and then sell them. However, there are also Chinese companies involved in the production of Panama Gesha coffee beans.

Zhang Xiangdong, chairman of Zhenggu Group, who came to observe this competition, told reporters that his company mainly deals in organic food in China and is currently cooperating with Panama Manor to produce organic Geisha coffee beans for sale in the domestic market.

Zhang Xiangdong said that the company has two planting plots in Panama's Boquete production area. Coffee farmers will use sustainable methods to grow organic coffee beans in the plots, such as mixing local trees to provide shade and wind protection for the coffee trees, or using insectivores. Biological control methods such as birds, parasitic wasps and fungi control pests and achieve a virtuous cycle of economic and environmental benefits.

Tedman said that Chinese consumers have become one of the most important consumer groups of Panama Geisha coffee beans. In order to promote the scale and branding of the coffee export industry, the Panama Specialty Coffee Association has registered the "Panama Geisha" trademark in several major countries in recent years. China is one of the first markets to complete trademark registration.

comment
Eliminate substitute exams! Shandong Department of Education: In principle, college students are not allowed to take leave during the college entrance examination period to ensure that | universities | situation | take leave | do a good job | notify | college entrance examination | students
Eliminate substitute exams! Shandong Department of Education: In principle, college students are not allowed to take leave during the college entrance examination period to ensure that | universities | situation | take leave | do a good job | notify | college entrance examination | students

According to the website of Shandong Youth Political College, the 2023 summer college entrance examination will be held from June 7th to 10th. In order to strictly enforce the examination style and discipline, and resolutely prevent college students from participating in the college entrance examination or substitute exams in violation of regulations, the Shandong Provincial Department of Education has issued a notice on doing a good job in the management of college students during the 2023 college entrance examination. On May 25th, the Education Department of Shandong Province stated in a notice that all universities should base themselves on the actual situation of the school, innovate their work methods, and coordinate the management and education of students during the college entrance examination period. We must adhere to normal teaching activities and strengthen the attendance management of students during the college entrance examination. Each university and college should designate a responsible person to be specifically responsible for this work, and the college should arrange a dedicated person to be responsible for student roll calling and verification. In principle, students are not allowed to take leave of absence from school during the college entrance examination. For special reasons that require leave, they should

More than 100 people have been arrested!, "Empty set" government consumption voucher consumption | Government
More than 100 people have been arrested!, "Empty set" government consumption voucher consumption | Government

Approaching June 18th, in order to obtain the maximum price discount, many people would check for "coupons" before making purchases. However, some people have been using their brains. Recently, the Yinzhou Public Security Bureau in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province reported a fraud case involving "empty sets" of government consumption vouchers, arresting 102 individuals involved in illegal collection of government subsidies totaling more than 6.55 million yuan. A WeChat group received "consumption vouchers" for a cashout of 100 yuan. In January of this year, the Yinzhou Public Security Bureau learned a clue during work that someone had collected a large number of consumption vouchers in the WeChat group, connecting merchants to defraud consumption subsidies. After receiving the clues, the Yinzhou Public Security Bureau established a special task force. After analysis and judgment, the police found that Xu and others first purchased a large number of consumer vouchers online, then registered a shell company for false transactions, and used the merchant's POS machine for online banking settlement and other methods

On the occasion of consecutive visits by high-ranking US officials and the country's "further approach to China," Saudi Arabia | high-ranking official
On the occasion of consecutive visits by high-ranking US officials and the country's "further approach to China," Saudi Arabia | high-ranking official

According to Reuters on June 2nd, the United States has made two high-level visits to Saudi Arabia within a month, hoping to stabilize relations with the country after years of differences and deepening distrust. According to the report, the US State Department said that following the visit of Jack Sullivan, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to Saudi Arabia on May 7, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will also meet with officials of the world's largest oil exporter next week. Although no breakthrough is expected, analysts said that the purpose of Antony Blinken's trip includes, to some extent, restoring the influence of oil prices on Riyadh, countering the influence of China and Russia, and paving the way for the eventual normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The report pointed out that two long-term changes aggravated the challenges faced by Antony Blinken. Firstly, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia

Angered many Indians, but in these two scenes, Modi went to the scene with a serious expression
Angered many Indians, but in these two scenes, Modi went to the scene with a serious expression

This article is reprinted from the author Niu Danqin, who truthfully stated that Indian Prime Minister Modi's reaction speed is quite fast. Less than 24 hours after the tragic train derailment collision, Modi, with a solemn expression, appeared at the scene of the accident. The derailment and collision of three trains has caused nearly 300 deaths, making it the deadliest train accident in India in over 20 years. At the scene, Modi clasped his hands together, tears in his eyes. There are also pictures showing that he was reviewing the drawings on site with a very stern expression. But at this scene, there were also two very disharmonious scenes that angered many Indians. The first act, cheers on the scene. When Modi arrived at the scene, I don't know what some Indians were thinking, but they shouted the slogans "Modi, Modi" in unison. On foreign social media, some

The suspect was also imprisoned last time for wearing LV shoes! Netizen: One dares to let go and the other dares to steal. LV shoes worth 10000 yuan were stolen from my doorstep | Netizen | Suspect
The suspect was also imprisoned last time for wearing LV shoes! Netizen: One dares to let go and the other dares to steal. LV shoes worth 10000 yuan were stolen from my doorstep | Netizen | Suspect

Leave the shoes at the doorstep, and after only half a day of going out, the shoes will be taken away by someone! Recently, Hangzhou girl Xiaoju was really angry and heartbroken... It turned out that these stolen shoes were bought by her on LV's official website for 10000 yuan. Due to reluctance to wear them every day, the shoes are still 90% new to this day. After carefully examining the surveillance footage, the police found that at 2:30 pm on the day of the incident, a man wearing yellow LV short sleeves had entered the elevator. The surveillance footage shows that the man hesitated for a moment in front of the button, and later seemed to have casually pressed a floor. After arriving at the floor, the man walked out of the elevator and returned to the elevator ten minutes later. Strangely, this time he had an extra white bag containing something in his hand. According to this clue, the police at the police station immediately launched an investigation into the man, but the result was surprising: this year in April