Panama - Finca Hartmann Caturra

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Bag Weight	30 KG BAG
Harvest Season	2025/26
Status	ETA Oct 2026
Lot Number	P615742-1

Alameda, CA: 160 Bag(s)

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About This Coffee

The Hartmann family are pioneers of specialty coffee production in Panama, with roots tracing back to Alois Strasil Hartmann, who immigrated from Moravia in 1912 and established coffee farms while becoming a respected archaeologist. His son, Ratibor Hartmann, founded Finca Hartmann in 1940 on 100 hectares of virgin rainforest. Today, the family-run operation spans several distinct farm sections, where high-scoring varieties such as Catuai, Caturra, Pacamara, Maragogype, and of course the famous Panamanian Geisha are cultivated under native rainforest canopy alongside protected forest reserves. Committed to sustainability, the Hartmanns preserve biodiversity, replant native trees, maintain bird-friendly certification, and balance coffee production, conservation, and ecotourism across generations.

Country of Origin	Panama
Region	Chiriquí
Producer Type	Single Estate
Farm Name	Finca Hartmann
Processing	Washed
Processing Description	Dried on raised beds
Growing Altitude	1300m - 2000m

Harvest Season	2025/26
Bag Weight	30 KG BAG
Bag Type	Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species	Arabica
Variety	Caturra

History of Coffee in Panama

There are some indications that green coffee first arrived in Panama as early as 1742, but the first attempts at commercial cultivation didn’t occur until the 1780’s. Planting at low altitudes around the port city of Portobelo, these efforts failed. It would be another 100 years, when coffee was planted in the highlands around the Volcano “Baru,” before commercial cultivation of Panama coffee was successful; however, nearly all coffee grown in Panama was used for internal consumption and the country was better known for exporting tea. Panamanians drank more coffee than they grew and had to import coffee to meet demand until the 1940’s. Exports grew slowly over the years, peaking in 1996 at 181,000 bags. Although there have been a few spikes since then, exports have settled down around 50,000 bags for the last 10 years as producers shifted their focus from volume to quality. More than 50% of coffee production is still consumed domestically.

Growing Coffee in Panama

Panama coffee grows in the west, near the border with Costa Rica in the highlands of Chiriqui, which means “Valley of the Moon.” Most coffee grows in two areas near the volcano Buru: Boquete and Volcan-Candela above 1,500 masl. Many coffee estates in Panama are 30-50 hectares and many coffee families are descendant of American and European immigrants, but there are indigenous farmers and farms as small as a few hectares. Most Panama coffee is washed and sun or machine dried. Panama grows Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon, San Ramon, Pache, Mundo Novo and, of course Geisha.