Panama Carmen Estate from Rocket Fuel Coffee

The Drink: Panama Carmen Estate from Rocket Fuel Coffee
Type: Whole Bean
Overall Rating: 4 out 5

It’s really not fair to try Panama Carmen Estate from RocketFuelCoffee.Com, just days after trying another one of their coffees, the all-star Esmeralda Special. The Panama Carmen Estate is an excellent coffee, far above average but it’s not knock your socks off good like it’s sister coffee. However, at $22 per half pound, it’s more of an affordable luxury versus the $75 per pound of the Esmeralda.

Panama Carmen Estate does have a lot of things going for it that make it special.

It’s a rare coffee from the Carmen Estate, a small family owned farm that only produces 1200 bags of green coffee a year. Plus, the beans are handpicked by the Nobes, the ingenious people of the area.

It’s an environmentally friendly coffee – half of the Carmen Estate is covered with native trees and it’s certified by the Rain Forest Alliance.

But none of that matters if it doesn’t taste good.

Erupting out of the cup was a bright, full of flavor aroma. There was luscious wave of warm chocolate. There was the citrus that Central American coffees are known for. It had hints of pineapples and oranges, just delicate hints compared the strong aroma that the Dreamsipple had yesterday.

From the first sip, I was impressed by how clean coffee tasting it was. It almost felt like I was drinking pure spring water. There was only minimal bitterness, with it being an overwhelmingly smooth coffee.

On the first layer of taste, there was a mellow nutty-chocolate flavor. Underneath was more citrus-y. It almost felt like the flavor was popping around on my tongue, like it was tingling with fresh orange juice and lemon drops.

I wish I had tasted it before the Esmeralda Special, but it was still a good coffee with a four out of five rating. I’d still recommend that you put it on your must try list, because it’s perfect when you’re looking for a special treat and a coffee that will break you out of a rut.

Don’t forget about the giveaway of the Esmeralda Special, you still have until Friday at 5 PM to enter.

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