Caturra
Caturra is a natural mutation of Bourbon, compact and high-yielding. It produces a clean, bright, sweet cup and is widely planted across Panama as a reliable specialty variety.
Botanical and breeding background sourced below; sensory claims are attributed per seller.
Documented Panama records
Grown across Panama's highlands: Carmen Estate's fully washed Caturra is offered as green coffee through importer Sucafina, and Savage Coffees sells a Caturra Natural from its own estates. Roastmasters' Panama coverage notes Caturra among the region's standard varieties.
- ·Carmen Estate Caturra FW — green, Sucafina (importer offering)
- ·Savage Coffees Caturra | Natural (from $16.50)
Caturra coffees (1)
1 currently available. Sellers' exact product titles are preserved; aliases are normalized here for discovery.
Producers growing Caturra
Carmen Estate
A third-generation family estate in the Volcán valley operated by the Franceschi family, with Carlos Aguilera Franceschi as managing director. Growing at around 1,800 meters on volcanic soil under rainforest shade, Carmen Estate is one of Panama's most consistent competition producers: its washed Geisha took first place in its category at Best of Panama 2023 and sold for US$10,005 per kilogram at auction, and importer Sucafina lists its fully washed Caturra among its offerings.
Don Pachi Estate
Don Pachi Estate is a Boquete farm founded in 1873 and widely described as Panama's oldest coffee farm. Don Pachi Serracín is credited with bringing the Geisha variety to Panama from CATIE in Costa Rica in 1963, seeking rust-resistant varieties; his son Francisco is described as having detected its distinctive cup character in 2003. The estate grows one of Panama's widest variety ranges, from Typica and Bourbon to Geisha and Java, between 1,350 and 1,600 m. Roasted Don Pachi lots are sold in Panama through Café & Aroma.
Janson Coffee Farm
Janson Coffee Farm is a family estate in Volcán, Chiriquí. Janson Farms began in 1926 when Swedish immigrant Carl Axel Janson settled in Volcán, and the family later formally founded Janson Coffee. The farm grows green-tip Geisha, Catuai, Caturra and Pacamara, combining updated technology with artisanal drying, and runs worker welfare programs including housing, a food and clothing cooperative, healthcare and educational funding. It operates a coffee shop and guided tours with views of Volcán Barú, and has competed repeatedly in Best of Panama.
Hartmann Family
ProfessionalFinca Hartmann is a third-generation family enterprise in Santa Clara, Renacimiento, Chiriquí. The property consists of two farm sections — Santa Clara Finca Hartmann and the smaller Palo Verde section — where the family grows volume varieties including Caturra, Catuai and Pacamara alongside shaded, forest-grown lots. Its coffee is roasted and sold internationally by specialty roasters; no official farm website is currently verifiable.