Region: Santa Clara, Renacimiento , Chiriqui Elevation: 1600 masl About: The Hartmann family are among Panama’s pioneers of specialty coffee , for over 100 years they’ve worked the land in harmony with nature and have become one of the most respected names in coffee. Their story began four generations ago with Alois Hartmann, who settled in Panama in 1912. His son, Ratibor , established Finca Hartmann on 100 hectares of virgin rainforest inherited from his father. Today, the land is shared by Ratibor’s five children ( Ratibor , Allan, Alexander, Kelly, and Aliss) and grandchildren. The rainforest has been preserved, with coffee grown under the shade of the canopy, and the family continues to plant native trees to ensure the health of the ecosystem. The land is also renowned for birdwatching, with around 300 species recorded. It’s no surprise, then, that their coffee carries the Bird Friendly certi fi cation. We’ve been buying G eisha from the Hartmann family for as long as we’ve existed as a company – in fact, the fi rst coffee we ever sourced directly from Panama, was a G eisha from Fi nc a Ha rtm ann . This washed Geisha is a classic expression of the variety and terror that we’ve grown to love over all these years. All coffee producers in their own right, with their own farms and projects, Fi nc a Ha rtm ann is where the entire Hartmann family comes together to continue the legacy that their father (and grandfather) started, all those years ago.
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