For a pair of farmers, vegetarians and locavores, we lived the dream for two days in Boquete where we drank local coffee, ate farm-fresh fruit and enjoyed a beautiful countryside.
On our first day, we toured a beautiful coffee plantation named Finca La Meligrosa (Miracle Farm).
There, we learned about the entire coffee process;
From saplings to harvest...
drying,
cleaning,
roasting,
and of course, tasting!
Finca La Meligrosa is also one of the few farms in Panama with the conditions suitable to grow the rare- and utterly expensive- Geisha coffee. After tasting the sweet berry, we learned the nature of this finicky variety which only grows above 1,400 meters and goes for an astounding $9 per cup and $280 per pound.
On our second day, we visted the lovely Mi Jardin es Su Jardin, a beautiful private estate surrounded by a garden that couldn't help but be shared.
Boquete was beautiful and we really enjoyed it
P.S. We rented a scooter!
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