The coffee of Northern Panama is an evocative combination of very high quality, unique landscapes and environmental sustainability. The towering active Volcán Barú forms the basis for this to happen and coffee thrives symbiotically with nature on the lower slopes of the mountains national park. Coffee farms take this symbiosis importantly and commitments ranging from the growing a diverse range of cultivars, implementing solar power generation, reducing water use are all common examples of their sustainable approach.

Volcán Barú is so vast that the coffee farms have very different micro-climates depending on which slopes they are on. Bonita Springs a medium altitude 36 hectare farm to the East of the mountain in the heart of the Boquete valley. Winds from both the Atlantic and Pacific add influence to the microclimate during growing and processing of the coffee as des water - crucial to creating a unique microclimate and the farm has rivers, natural springs and waterfalls flowing through the land.

The Miro family owns the farm and invited Ratibor and Yessie Hartmann to oversee farming and processing from 2018. Their work strengthened planning around soil care, tree health and harvest scheduling. The team focuses on careful field decisions to keep quality consistent. Worker training centres on selective picking and careful cherry handling from arrival at the mill. This attention on the farm reflects a belief that strong decisions at each stage support quality and long term soil health.