Panama Arango Volkan Terroir Caturra Natural #6
Edition No.134
Totumas’ neighbouring farm
Place of origin 파나마
/Region
Arango sits very close to Totumas.
You will taste it straight away.
I should have bought more…
(That is me, right now.)
COFFEE DETAIL
Farm : Finca Arango
Altitude : 1,650m
Variety : Caturra
Process : Natural
Note : Strawberry Plum Raisin Maple syrup Milk Chocolate
QTY : 50g / 200g / 840g
STORY
Panama Arango — the neighbour of Totumas
1. Buying story
We took a third of everything Arango produced this year.
There was one reason. This farm sits right next to Totumas.
Totumas is the hardest farm in Panama to get hold of right now. Because of that, a great many people have never tasted what this terroir does — not even once.
So I looked next door. That is how I found Arango.
Totumas being so hard to get, I went and dug up its neighbour.
As far as I know, this is the first year the farm has sold green coffee at all. Certainly the first import into Korea. This year’s crop was split between Taiwan, China and us.
My first impression on the table was elegance and cleanliness.
That is exactly the line I have been chasing all year — not coffees that explode with aroma and acidity, but coffees that carry the nuance of terroir and variety with poise.
On that count, Arango was the best choice I could have made.
2. Geisha Natural
Natural means drying the whole cherry, so how far fermentation travels during drying is a difficult thing to control.
A little too long and you get alcohol and vinegar. That is the smell you meet so often in cheap Geisha.
Arango’s Geisha has none of that over-fermentation. The processing is finished with real delicacy.
It feels less like the result of technique than of something fortunate.
Mango and bergamot pass through, faintly. With the roast dialled in, I think there is 92–93 point potential here.
That is my own cupping note, of course, not a competition score.
3. Caturra
What I personally loved was the Caturra.
Here you can taste the high-water mark of Panamanian varietals that I have kept pointing to all year.
First, there is florality in a Caturra. It is not common for flowers to come through this clearly in this variety.
On top of that sits a juicy texture and an acidity you would expect from Geisha, and the combination is genuinely charming.
The processing is identical to the Geisha: finished delicately, falling away clean with no heavy fermented aroma. This is 89–90 point flavour.
Caturra is reasonably priced enough that we prepared it in larger formats too.
—
It is not Totumas. Totumas was simply too hard to get, so we went and found the farm next door.
Why this coffee
- The terroir next door to Totumas
- Remarkable value
- The elegant nuance everyone is chasing this year
- The first time this coffee has been introduced in Korea
DELIVERY
BlackRoad coffees are roasted in batches from Monday to Friday and shipped in order. During busy periods delivery may take up to 3-4 days — thank you for your patience.
We aim to ship only coffee roasted within 10 days of the shipping date.
For delivery enquiries, please contact +82 10-4535-2941.
COFFEE DOGAM
BlackRoad built the Coffee Dogam app to make your coffee life more meaningful.
Keep a record of every coffee you drink, and learn about coffee along the way.
Download below.
Android : Open link
Apple : Open link
SHIPPING
- All coffee is roasted to order. Orders are roasted and dispatched within 1-3 business days (Mon-Fri, excluding Korean public holidays).
- We only ship beans roasted within the previous 10 days.
- Korea: KRW 3,000 flat. Free on orders over KRW 50,000. Jeju and other islands: KRW 3,000 added.
- International: Korea Post EMS. The fee is charged once per order, based on the total weight of the order.
| Order weight | EMS shipping fee |
| Up to 0.5 kg | KRW 29,000 |
| 0.5 - 1 kg | KRW 31,000 |
| 1 - 1.5 kg | KRW 34,500 |
| 1.5 - 2 kg | KRW 38,000 |
| 2 - 2.5 kg | KRW 40,500 |
| 2.5 - 3 kg | KRW 43,500 |
| 3 - 4 kg | KRW 48,500 |
| 4 - 5 kg | KRW 53,500 |
| 5 - 6 kg | KRW 60,000 |
| 6 - 8 kg | KRW 70,500 |
| 8 kg and over | KRW 83,500 |
- The exact shipping fee is calculated and shown at checkout.
- Customs duties, import taxes and any handling fees in the destination country are the recipient's responsibility.
- A tracking number is sent by email as soon as the parcel is dispatched.
CANCELLATION
- Before your order is roasted and dispatched, it can be cancelled in full. Please contact us as soon as possible.
- Once the parcel has been dispatched, please follow the return procedure below.
RETURNS & EXCHANGES
- Coffee is a food product. Returns are accepted within 7 days of delivery, unopened, with the original packaging and seal intact.
- If the item is defective, damaged in transit, or not what you ordered, we cover shipping both ways. Please contact us within 14 days of delivery with a photo.
- For a change of mind, return shipping is KRW 3,000 within Korea and KRW 30,000 for international orders. Exchange shipping is KRW 6,000 within Korea and KRW 60,000 for international orders.
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RETURN
- The packaging has been opened or the seal has been broken.
- The value of the product has been reduced by damage to the product or its packaging.
- Part of a set or gift box is missing.
- Other cases in which withdrawal of the purchase is restricted under Korean e-commerce consumer protection law (the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce).
REFUNDS
- Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 3 business days of our receiving the returned item.
- Depending on your card issuer or bank, it may take a further 3-5 business days for the refund to appear on your statement.
- Shipping fees already paid are refunded only when the return is caused by a defect, damage in transit, or a wrong item.
CONTACT
CUPO (CuppingPost Roasters)
Email : cuppingpost@naver.com
Phone : +82 10-4150-8627 (10:00-18:00 KST, Mon-Fri)
1F, 99-6 Daegyeong-ro, Hayang-eup, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Arango sits very close to Totumas.
You will taste it straight away.
I should have bought more…
(That is me, right now.)
COFFEE DETAIL
Farm : Finca Arango
Altitude : 1,650m
Variety : Caturra
Process : Natural
Note : Strawberry Plum Raisin Maple syrup Milk Chocolate
QTY : 50g / 200g / 840g
STORY
Panama Arango — the neighbour of Totumas
1. Buying story
We took a third of everything Arango produced this year.
There was one reason. This farm sits right next to Totumas.
Totumas is the hardest farm in Panama to get hold of right now. Because of that, a great many people have never tasted what this terroir does — not even once.
So I looked next door. That is how I found Arango.
Totumas being so hard to get, I went and dug up its neighbour.
As far as I know, this is the first year the farm has sold green coffee at all. Certainly the first import into Korea. This year’s crop was split between Taiwan, China and us.
My first impression on the table was elegance and cleanliness.
That is exactly the line I have been chasing all year — not coffees that explode with aroma and acidity, but coffees that carry the nuance of terroir and variety with poise.
On that count, Arango was the best choice I could have made.
2. Geisha Natural
Natural means drying the whole cherry, so how far fermentation travels during drying is a difficult thing to control.
A little too long and you get alcohol and vinegar. That is the smell you meet so often in cheap Geisha.
Arango’s Geisha has none of that over-fermentation. The processing is finished with real delicacy.
It feels less like the result of technique than of something fortunate.
Mango and bergamot pass through, faintly. With the roast dialled in, I think there is 92–93 point potential here.
That is my own cupping note, of course, not a competition score.
3. Caturra
What I personally loved was the Caturra.
Here you can taste the high-water mark of Panamanian varietals that I have kept pointing to all year.
First, there is florality in a Caturra. It is not common for flowers to come through this clearly in this variety.
On top of that sits a juicy texture and an acidity you would expect from Geisha, and the combination is genuinely charming.
The processing is identical to the Geisha: finished delicately, falling away clean with no heavy fermented aroma. This is 89–90 point flavour.
Caturra is reasonably priced enough that we prepared it in larger formats too.
—
It is not Totumas. Totumas was simply too hard to get, so we went and found the farm next door.
Why this coffee
- The terroir next door to Totumas
- Remarkable value
- The elegant nuance everyone is chasing this year
- The first time this coffee has been introduced in Korea
DELIVERY
BlackRoad coffees are roasted in batches from Monday to Friday and shipped in order. During busy periods delivery may take up to 3-4 days — thank you for your patience.
We aim to ship only coffee roasted within 10 days of the shipping date.
For delivery enquiries, please contact +82 10-4535-2941.
COFFEE DOGAM
BlackRoad built the Coffee Dogam app to make your coffee life more meaningful.
Keep a record of every coffee you drink, and learn about coffee along the way.
Download below.
Android : Open link
Apple : Open link
SHIPPING
- All coffee is roasted to order. Orders are roasted and dispatched within 1-3 business days (Mon-Fri, excluding Korean public holidays).
- We only ship beans roasted within the previous 10 days.
- Korea: KRW 3,000 flat. Free on orders over KRW 50,000. Jeju and other islands: KRW 3,000 added.
- International: Korea Post EMS. The fee is charged once per order, based on the total weight of the order.
| Order weight | EMS shipping fee |
| Up to 0.5 kg | KRW 29,000 |
| 0.5 - 1 kg | KRW 31,000 |
| 1 - 1.5 kg | KRW 34,500 |
| 1.5 - 2 kg | KRW 38,000 |
| 2 - 2.5 kg | KRW 40,500 |
| 2.5 - 3 kg | KRW 43,500 |
| 3 - 4 kg | KRW 48,500 |
| 4 - 5 kg | KRW 53,500 |
| 5 - 6 kg | KRW 60,000 |
| 6 - 8 kg | KRW 70,500 |
| 8 kg and over | KRW 83,500 |
- The exact shipping fee is calculated and shown at checkout.
- Customs duties, import taxes and any handling fees in the destination country are the recipient's responsibility.
- A tracking number is sent by email as soon as the parcel is dispatched.
CANCELLATION
- Before your order is roasted and dispatched, it can be cancelled in full. Please contact us as soon as possible.
- Once the parcel has been dispatched, please follow the return procedure below.
RETURNS & EXCHANGES
- Coffee is a food product. Returns are accepted within 7 days of delivery, unopened, with the original packaging and seal intact.
- If the item is defective, damaged in transit, or not what you ordered, we cover shipping both ways. Please contact us within 14 days of delivery with a photo.
- For a change of mind, return shipping is KRW 3,000 within Korea and KRW 30,000 for international orders. Exchange shipping is KRW 6,000 within Korea and KRW 60,000 for international orders.
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RETURN
- The packaging has been opened or the seal has been broken.
- The value of the product has been reduced by damage to the product or its packaging.
- Part of a set or gift box is missing.
- Other cases in which withdrawal of the purchase is restricted under Korean e-commerce consumer protection law (the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce).
REFUNDS
- Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 3 business days of our receiving the returned item.
- Depending on your card issuer or bank, it may take a further 3-5 business days for the refund to appear on your statement.
- Shipping fees already paid are refunded only when the return is caused by a defect, damage in transit, or a wrong item.
CONTACT
CUPO (CuppingPost Roasters)
Email : cuppingpost@naver.com
Phone : +82 10-4150-8627 (10:00-18:00 KST, Mon-Fri)
1F, 99-6 Daegyeong-ro, Hayang-eup, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea