Hartmann red wine treatment

It was inspired by the wine making process. The selected cherries are placed in a special container, which should have a device similar to a red wine fermentation stopper or a single vent valve. In this way, carbon dioxide can escape through the device to control the concentration of air in the container. At this time, the coffee cherries in the container undergo acetic acid fermentation, and the beans produced by this reaction have a relatively bright flavor, clean, and lemony acidity. Red wine processing, also known as controlled fermentation, or lactic/acetic acid fermentation

The team, led by Felipe Sardi, an American, is made up of bioscientists and ecologists who apply solar energy and other technologies to cultivation and green bean processing.

Specialized hand-picking teams are trained and strictly follow the picking requirements of fine coffee beans: immature fruit <2%, defective beans <3%, floating beans <5%.

acetic acid fermentation-aerobic fermentation

lactic acid fermentation-anaerobic fermentation

Expectations for taste:

Acetic fermentation: cleaner, livelier acids, brighter acids, citric acid

Lactic fermentation method: taste more round, cleaner than acetic acid fermentation method, higher body, malic acid/tartaric acid

Until now, processing plants have been operated manually, handed down from generation to generation, such as biting and feeling the fermentation of coffee beans. This fermentation process is uncontrollable and variable.

Controlled fermentation monitors the degree of fermentation by controlling the pH. To achieve predictable results and consistent production from batch to batch. Hartman's story, like his coffee, is legendary. Hartman Manor is located in Zelich, Santa Clara. The founder was Mr. Alois St. Hartmann (Luis Hartmann). He was born on June 20, 1891, in the Moravila region of Hungary, Austria, in what is now the Czech Republic; he died on May 25, 1970, aged 78.

As a young boy, he was abandoned at the start of World War I. Thanks to his mother, he survived by hiding on a ship bound for Pennsylvania. Both of his brothers died in the war after joining the army. Luis Hartmann traveled a number of countries with his friends until he arrived in Panama in 1911 and settled in Chiriqui province in 1912, mainly in the Candela region. He built the first cabin in the virgin forest.

Hartman Manor is a family business founded in 1940 by Latip Hartman (son of Louis). In 1966, Lattie married Denora Sandy of Costa Rica. They had five sons, little latitte, alan, alexander, alice and kelly. Each member of the family is responsible for the growing, harvesting and estate visits. A family estate that has grown coffee for more than 100 years is a legend in itself.