2023, A NEW YEAR FOR TROPIX
After 10 years of Tropix Belgium, we are ready for a new (coffee) adventure in Panama.
Your beloved barista Melanie will become a guide on coffee plantations, organize barista workshops, and provide coffee consulting for professionals. Her partner Mounir, with his company 'Naga', focuses on spirituality, with reiki and qi-gong sessions, combined with phytotherapy and personal coaching.
In the future, we will organize group trips from Belgium to Panama, where specialty coffee and personal development are central.
We’re located in Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama.
Melanie D. Nunes
TROPIX WAS FOUNDED BY
Belgian Barista Champion 2009
© Saskia Busschaert Photography
Since 2007 I’ve caught the specialty coffee virus, in part thanks to Bart & Peter Deprez from 'Viva Sara coffee roastery' (Belgium). The Deprez brothers were my mentors in preparing for my participation in the 2009 Belgian Barista Championship, where I landed 1st place. The year after, I became vice-champion.
After several years working as a barista and manager in coffee bars, I decided to share my passion and focus on giving barista workshops and coffee tastings. With the establishment of my first business Crema in 2012, I started coffee catering in addition to teaching. In 2016, Crema changed to Tropix, with an additional focus on coffee consulting and coffee roasting.
These days you can find me in Boquete Panama, where I give coffee farm tours and run, together with my husband Mounir, our Specialty Coffee Bar Mounelli in downtown Boquete.