Hidden Gem · 7
- BongZaii Shop Bocas Town, Isla Colon
BongZaii is a Panamanian ocean-inspired art brand that opened a shop in Bocas Town on Isla Colon, printing its nature-themed designs on apparel, accessories and prints. The label sells surf-culture clothing and homeware built around its love of the sea and nature. store page → · open in the atlas → - Boquete Coffee Traders Boquete highlands, Chiriqui
Founder Juan Carlos Sosa built Boquete Coffee Traders on the same direct-from-source model he used selling coffee online for five years, purchasing every order fresh from the farm rather than warehousing stock. Its range spans Geisha beans above 1,600 meters alongside Panamanian chocolate and hot sauce. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cafe Ruiz Boquete Valley, Chiriqui
Cafe Ruiz, billed as Panama's first gourmet coffee roaster, grows and roasts specialty coffee across three generations of the Ruiz family in the Boquete Valley. Visitors can join guided visits like The Short Coffee Story or the limited-availability Art of Tasting Coffee cupping. store page → · open in the atlas → - Finca Lerida Alto Quiel, near Boquete
Finca Lérida has grown coffee since 1911 on a 294-acre reserve bordering La Amistad National Park, pioneering Boquete's high-altitude Geisha production. Beans are still roasted on-site, and the working estate now doubles as a cloud-forest hotel. store page → · open in the atlas → - MAC Panamá Shop Panama City, Online
Panama's Museum of Contemporary Art runs a proper tienda online — editions, prints and objects from the isthmus's living artists. store page → · open in the atlas → - Reprosa Casco Viejo, Panama City
Reprosa casts Panama's pre-Columbian huacas — frogs, eagles, shamans — in silver and gold using the ancient lost-wax way, from workshops you can tour. The isthmus, wearable. store page → · open in the atlas → - Up in the Hill Old Bank, Isla Bastimentos
Up in the Hill has grown organic cacao, coconut and coffee on Isla Bastimentos since founding its family farm in 2003. Its hilltop cafe serves house hot chocolate made with fresh coconut milk alongside permaculture farm tours. store page → · open in the atlas →
The Register · 2
- Island Cacao Bocas Town, Isla Colon
Island Cacao is a Bocas del Toro chocolate workshop making bars and confections from cacao grown in the archipelago's rainforest. The shop sells single-origin Panamanian chocolate direct from its Bocas Town base. store page → · open in the atlas → - Reprosa Panama Costa del Este, Panama City
Reprosa is a Panama City jewelry workshop that revives the pre-Hispanic lost-wax casting technique of ancient Panamanian goldsmiths. Pieces draw on native motifs like orchids and the Panama map, alongside handicrafts and artwork made in-house. store page → · open in the atlas →