Volcán

Volcán is the coffee area around the town of Volcán in Chiriquí's Tierras Altas district, western Panama — Boquete's highland counterpart on the other side of Volcán Barú, and increasingly talked up as the country's 'second' specialty zone.

Its growing altitudes overlap heavily with Boquete — roughly 1,200–1,800+ m, with Panama's tourism authority placing Tierras Altas farms between about 1,300 and 1,800 m and several specialty farms documented higher still. The cool nights and afternoon bajareque mist that define Boquete's climate reach Volcán too, from the mountain's western side, over the same volcanic soils.

The varietal mix is the classic Panamanian set: Bourbon, Caturra, Catuaí and Typica as the workhorses, with the Gesha plantings whose auction prices reshaped the world's idea of Panamanian coffee concentrated on the province's most famous farms.

In the cup, Volcán is commonly described as bright, balanced and floral — a touch softer and less citric than Boquete in general trade characterizations, though such comparisons are tendencies only, and every cup is farm- and lot-specific.