Opportunities for Panamanian Coffee

Managers of the German Coffee Roasters Society have highlighted a demand in the Teutonic country for gourmet and specialty coffee produced in Chiriquí.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

According to an article published in Panamaamercia.com.pa, the quality of coffee produced at over 1,600 meters altitude in Chiriqui, is one of the reasons for the German Coffee Roasters Society to visit the area.

According to the secretary general of the German Coffee Roasters Society, Heiko Rehorik, the climate in which it is produced is ideal and the trees look healthy.

"We have markets for specialty and gourmet coffee from Chiriqui and can import it to Germany, where it is traded at prices of between 10 and 40 dollars per pound", added Rehorik.

Panamanian producers not only see Germany as a strategic market, but are also competing to keep markets such as Korea, Taiwan, China, Norway, Sweden and the U.S.

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