Comments on: How to Tour a Coffee Plantation in Panama

By: Stephie

Stephie — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:20:29 +0000

My better half actually has some family in Panama and I can’t wait to go visit some day. I don’t drink coffee ever and yet the cup I had on an excursion in Cuba was memorable to say the least. There’s something to be said for freshness, quality, and local craft!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:47:59 +0000

This sounds like somewhere I need to be. I’m still trying to work out where I can be hooked up to a coffee drip..

By: Tim L.

Tim L. — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:28:09 +0000

That’s so funny – I was just at that same coffee farm a few days ago! I’ve done a slew of them and that one was unique. The cobbled together equipment, sun drying, simple, fresh. That last word is the key. What you get at Starbucks or anywhere else is weeks or months old by the time it gets to your cup. Which is why they love it when you mask it all with milk, sugar, whipped cream, flavor shots…

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:52:23 +0000

In reply to Shauna. Me neither!

By: Shauna

Shauna — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:15:26 +0000

Hey, I went on this same tour. It was entertaining and educational. I had no idea that the lightly roasted coffee beans held the caffeine more so than the dark roasted.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:19:42 +0000

I’m not a coffee fan either but I did a plantation tour in Boquete. I even drank a small cup (although I admit I put sugar in it…) and it wasn’t bad. But the tour was not always fun – don’t know if it was the same for you but I walked away with scratches and bites from pushing our way through the closely located coffee bean plants!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:26:30 +0000

Interesting! I was just at a coffee plantation in Costa Rica. Looks to be a fairly similar experience.

By: Lymaris

Lymaris — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:32:40 +0000

Hi Matt,

I had the chance to pick coffee when I was a kid, but didn’t learn to drink it until 2003 —probably after you had your last cup! Now I can’t live without it. 🙂 Good coffee shouldn’t be bitter, even though some people prefer it that way.

Nice job in the video!

By: Pen

Pen — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:24:46 +0000

Nice blog and nice article. Even I do not drink coffee so often. The video looks nice!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:17:45 +0000

I totally agree with you about coffee. I used to work at Starbucks back in high school, and loved peppermint white mochas only because with the whipped cream and all the sugar, there’s not much of a caffeine taste at all (but still does the trick of waking you up). 🙂