Panamanian specialty coffee producers look to Asia

PANAMA CITY: Asia is a great potential market for Panama, as the Covid-19 pandemic and the storms Iota and Eta last month have impacted the production and export of specialty coffee in the country.

Plinio Ruiz, president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP), told Xinhua about the present and future of Geisha coffee, which has spearheaded the country’s coffee industry for the last few years.