panama coffee
by r ki coffee lab · richmond, canada
you'll taste lemon before grapefruit. this is panama-2025 lamastus family estate auction lot falda 1800 washed pa1504, a honey panama from r ki coffee lab.
it tastes of lemon, grapefruit, and citrus zest with jasmine and floral notes, finishing with black tea, honey, and honeycomb. the overall character is bright and tea-like with a gentle, sweet undertone from the honey process.
it is grown at 1800 metres in boquete, panama, on the lamastus family estate, and was sold through an auction lot. despite the name referencing 'washed' in the lot code, the process listed is honey, meaning the beans are dried with some fruit mucilage intact.
filter brewing methods suit this coffee well, as they let the floral, citrus, and tea-like qualities come through cleanly. keep your water temperature on the lower end of the brewing range to avoid masking the delicate jasmine and honey notes.
richmond's specialty coffee scene has quietly grown into something worth paying attention to, shaped in part by the city's dense, food-serious culture and its proximity to vancouver without being beholden to it. r ki coffee lab sits on lansdowne road, in a stretch of richmond that runs busy and practical rather than precious, and that context matters. this isn't a place trying to aestheticize the neighborhood around it. what you get here is roasting and brewing taken seriously by people who've built a local reputation on consistency rather than noise. the standing it holds in richmond didn't come from foot traffic alone. if you're in the area mid-morning, the filter coffee is where to start.
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