The Hartmann family are among Panama's pioneers of specialty 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, land that is now shared by Ratibor's five children and their families.
Not content with producing some of the world's best coffees at Finca Hartmann, Ratibor Jr. and his wife, Tessie, set up a farm of their own. Mi Finquita, which means "my small farm," sits near the town of Los Pozos, between 1650 and 1900 meters above sea level. Here, Ratibor blends science, tradition, and everything he learned running the family farm, with a restless spirit of experimentation.
Coffees from Mi Finquita are processed in small lots, each typically yielding only around 45kg of green coffee. Working at that scale allows Ratibor and Tessie to make constant tweaks and improvements from one lot to the next.
This Catuai, from the Camellia lot, was processed using the traditional washed method. Altitude and careful, small-batch processing come through in the cup: clean, sweet, and complex, with plenty to explore.
