Lost Origin Coffee Lab
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Lost Origin Coffee Lab

Lost Origin Coffee Lab is a specialized coffee processing facility based in Panama City, founded by Franz Zeimetz and Andy Typalos. Rather than operating as a traditional farm, the lab functions as a central processing hub that collaborates with various Panamanian coffee estates to experiment with advanced fermentation techniques. They apply principles from craft beer brewing and process engineering to coffee production.

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History

Lost Origin Coffee Lab was established in January 2023. The founders, Franz Zeimetz and Andy Typalos, leveraged their backgrounds in craft beer brewing to develop a scientific approach to coffee fermentation. They source unprocessed coffee cherries from established Panamanian farms and transport them to their Panama City laboratory for processing.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Lost Origin Coffee Lab — coffee farmer illustration 1
Lost Origin Coffee Lab — coffee farmer illustration 2
Lost Origin Coffee Lab — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Lost Origin Coffee Lab