79. Perfecting Geisha Coffee and Pushing to New Heights, Wilford Lamastus | Lamastus Family Estates

About this episode

Wilford Lamastus discusses his expertise in Geisha coffee and the innovations at Lamastus Family Estates.

In this episode, we sit down with Wilford Lamastus, a founding member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (celebrating it's 30th year this year) and many many time winner of the Best of Panama competition Wilford is known around the world as being amongst the best Geisha producers, with presence of his coffee in markets all around the globe. Constantly pushing elevation and innovation in the production of his coffees, Wilford is an icon when it comes to quality. If you ever come to visit Panama, a trip to Lamastus Family Estates is a must - they have a tourism department and will happily take you around the farm and to experience Panama Geisha Cole lives in Panama full time and curates a selection of top Panama Geisha and Varietals, from Bambito and Panamanian producers you see in these videos.. ⁠Forward⁠ is a green coffee sourcing and exporting company based in Chiriqui, Panama, working with 20+ producers. Cole is one of 22 International Judges for the Best of Panama and is ready to source your next favourite coffee. Forward is a Panamanian registered business and exporter living and working in Panama 12 months per year ⁠ROSSO COFFEE ROASTERS⁠ , since 2007 Anyone can…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Cole

Guest: Wilford Lamastus

Topics covered

• Geisha coffee
• coffee production
• Panama coffee
• specialty coffee
• coffee tourism

Keywords

• Geisha coffee
• Wilford Lamastus
• Specialty Coffee Association
• Best of Panama
• coffee tourism
• Panama coffee

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Specialty Coffee Association of Panama, Lamastus Family Estates, Forward, ROSSO COFFEE ROASTERS

Places: Panama, Chiriqui

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