Founder of Hartma Coffee, coffee enthusiast, and the woman behind the business.

The photo next to this was taken during a trip to Colombia, where I visited a coffee farm and got to experience part of the coffee-making process firsthand. At the time, I was simply there because I loved coffee—I had no idea that a few years later, I would be building a coffee business of my own.

My journey into coffee started with curiosity and quickly became something much bigger. The more I learned about where coffee comes from—especially the people, places, and work behind exceptional Kenyan coffee—the more I wanted to be part of it.

So I built Hartma Coffee.

As a woman-owned business, Hartma is something deeply personal to me. I’m involved in the details, from learning about origins and tasting coffees to building relationships and introducing coffees I genuinely believe in to roasters and coffee businesses here in the U.S.

I’m still the kind of person who gets way too excited about discovering a great coffee, talking about tasting notes, or learning something new about the industry—and I hope that never changes.

Hartma started with a love for coffee, but it’s growing into something bigger: a business built around curiosity, quality, good relationships, and really good coffee.

And yes, I drink a lot of coffee along the way.