This coffee is from Finca Loma El Marcelo, a seven-hectare sustainable farm located in the mountains above Sotará in Cauca, Colombia, at 2,000 meters altitude. Produced by Israel Moncayo Salazar, it is a Castillo variety processed using the washed method and dried on raised beds. The coffee exhibits intense, bright, and fruit-forward characteristics with tasting notes of sweet orange, lemon zest, and graham cracker.
Panther Coffee was founded in 2010 by Leticia and Joel Pollock, a husband and wife team bringing over 40 years of combined coffee industry experience to the Miami roastery. They began with a vintage 1927 Perfekt roaster, a piece of equipment acquired from Lighthouse Roasters in Seattle that carries the weight of coffee history into modern roasting practice. Direct trade sourcing focuses exclusively on organic beans from small farms in Nicaragua, Brazil, Guatemala, and Ethiopia, building relationships that honor farmer knowledge and fair compensation. Recognition through Good Food Awards and ranking among the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops affirms the roastery's commitment to quality and ethics.
