Quetzal Mountain Coffee Co

22/02/2024

The website has not been updated this year due to local protests and shipping limitations from Panama. We will be roasting coffee next week and will be bringing a limited quantity of both green beans and roasted coffee to the US and UK over the next few weeks. Message David directly for pricing and availability. Cheers!

24/05/2022

We are very proud to announce that in only our first year of producing coffee we have officially achieved not only specialty coffee status but have also been awarded an 'Excellent' grade on our naturally processed coffee for the 2022 season by the Coffee Quality Institute and Specialty Coffee Association of America.

"The widely accepted definition of specialty coffee is coffee scoring 80 points or above on a 100-point scale. Coffee scoring from 90–100 is graded Outstanding, coffee that scores 85–89.99 is graded Excellent, while coffee scoring 80–84.99 is graded Very Good". (source: SCA News)

With beans from trees barely three years old here at Quetzal Mountain scoring 85+ when it is generally accepted the best coffees are produced by trees from their fourth year onward, we expect this year's harvest to produce some seriously exceptional scores and possibly put us on a par with our neighbooring fincas who turn out some of the best and most highly acclaimed coffees in the world. These coffees from the slopes of Volcan Baru in Western Panama are bringing world record prices at auction on a regular basis so we feel very fortunate that our hard work is putting us in such prestigious company. Thank you for supporting us on our journey and continuing to follow us going forward.

21/02/2022

Good news UK family and friends. We have a limited quantity of natural and washed process coffees available in the UK. Pay in GBP and get free shipping on all orders 450g and up. The naturally processed beans were roasted to a City roast, or light-medium to bring out the summer-fruity tones of the beans. Washed process roasted to Full City, or a full-medium will give a chocolate and caramel-forward feel with the fruits still in the background. Enjoy it now, there will not be more available, unless shipped direct from Panama, until after the summer.
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17/11/2021

Quite a lot of our friends have been asking us about coffee growing and processing. I have found myself on a rather steep learning curve and have been busy reading up on the science and theory behind it all, from the different methods of farming/ growing to the chemical processes that occur in the beans during drying or roasting, which are rather complex. I want to share a few articles with you that explain, far better than I ever could, some of these subjects. Since we are currently in the midst of cosechas or harvesting season, here is a great explanation of one of the different processes we are using here at Quetzal Mountain Coffee Co. We will have washed (typical store bought coffees), naturals of course and some honey processes this coming year. This article explains in pretty good detail the honey processes. Enjoy! https://perfectdailygrind.com/2017/02/yellow-red-black-honey-processed-coffees-whats-the-difference/

“How much honey is in the honey-processed Costa Rican espresso?”

11/11/2021

Just to clarify the status of coffee available to our friends in the US, ALL of the 2021 coffees are sold out. You can still order on the website but these options are now 'pre-orders', and are expected to be available for delivery sometime in March 2022.
If you want to order coffee from the UK or Canada please contact us directly as we do have limited quantities available in the UK and we will be shipping to Canada directly from Panama from spring of 2022. Have a great day!

10/11/2021

The end of the year is a very busy time for a small coffee farm. We begin to harvest the ripe red coffee cherries and work on the processes that make them fruity, tasty, delicious before drying. Turning and agitating the coffee daily on drying racks keeps it in good condition while picking out any single cherries that aren't drying evenly or are seen to have flaws keeps the overall quality of the batch at it's finest. We are working hard at making our 2022 coffees super clean and crisp.

29/10/2021

Please feel free to check out our website, read a little about us, our finca and our coffee. You can order some of our great tasting coffees too, while they are still available. We grow the coffee we sell. https://quetzalmtncoffee.com/

Our Story Quetzal Mountain Coffee Company was born after we became the proprietors of a small coffee farm in western Panama. After two years and a first season of processing our own beans we realized that we were producing excellent tasting coffee of a very high quality that was really not much diff...