Panama — Maria Antonella Amoruso Michela Estate SL28 (Waterfall Natural)

Tastes Like — 🍈 Passion Fruit • 🍍 Pineapple • 🍓 Strawberry • 🍦 Yogurt

DETAILS

• Producer: Maria Antonella Amoruso, Lérida Estate
• Farm: Michela Estate
• Region: Boquete, Panama
• Varietal: SL28
• Process: Waterfall Natural
• Altitude: 1,600 masl

INTRO From Michela Estate, one of several farms under the historic Finca Lérida umbrella — a bright, expressive SL28 processed through Lérida's unique Waterfall Natural method. Passion fruit and pineapple lead, with sweet strawberry and a soft, yogurt-like texture throughout. In the cup: passion fruit, pineapple, strawberry, and yogurt.

THE PRODUCER Finca Lérida is a renowned, historic coffee estate in Boquete, Panama, combining a long tradition of production with innovative processing, shaped by volcanic soils and a rich natural environment. Michela Estate, where this coffee was produced, showcases another side of Lérida's portfolio through distinctive varieties like SL28 — less commonly associated with Panama, but expressive here.

THE PROCESS This coffee is processed using Lérida's unique Waterfall Natural method — inspired by slowly fermenting cherries at low temperatures beneath cool, flowing waterfall water, controlling the pace of fermentation before the cherries dry naturally.

The cold waterfall fermentation is the defining step — it's what highlights SL28's bright, expressive fruit character while keeping the cup clean and elegant, building the passion fruit and pineapple intensity behind the soft, yogurt-like texture.

THE CUP Bright and expressive — passion fruit and pineapple lead, with sweet strawberry sweetness and a soft, yogurt-like texture throughout. Clean and elegant despite its vivid tropical intensity.

Flavour Notes 🍈 Passion Fruit 🍍 Pineapple 🍓 Strawberry 🍦 Yogurt