04/01/2026
Our Monthly Showcase is here, and April is a big one. Three farms from Panama, each with a story that goes back generations.
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๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ | Finca Hartmann
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ | Elida Estate
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ | Finca Momoto
The Hartmann family story began in 1912, when Alois Hartmann settled in Panama and established what would become one of the country's most respected coffee operations. His son Ratibor built Finca Hartmann on 100 hectares of virgin rainforest, and today that land is shared between Ratibor's five children and their families. The rainforest has been preserved in full, with coffee grown under the shade of the canopy alongside roughly 300 recorded bird species. It holds the Bird Friendly certification, and the family continues planting native trees to maintain the health of the ecosystem. Finca Hartmann is where the whole family comes together to carry forward what their father and grandfather started.
The Lamastus family have been growing coffee in the Boquete region for over 100 years, and at this point their reputation needs little introduction. Wilford Lamastus and his son Wilford Jr. manage three farms high in the cloudy rainforest on the edge of Volcรกn Barรบ National Park, more than half of which falls within the park's boundaries. Elida Estate was the first of their farms to be planted with Geisha, back in 2005, and they have been producing some of the most decorated lots in the world ever since, most recently taking first place in the Natural Geisha category at the 2024 Best of Panama competition.
Finca Momoto was founded in 2015 by Aliss Hartmann, one of the five Hartmann siblings who grew up at Finca Hartmann. She purchased the farm with a specific intention: to give her own children, Giuliana and Giuseppe, the same upbringing she had among the coffee trees. Aliss takes an environmentally sustainable approach to production, with most of the farm's coffee processed using the natural method to minimise water use. The farm is still young relative to its neighbours, but it is already producing coffees that consistently rank among our favourites each year.
Head in this month and taste what Panama is capable of!