berry based flavor and maple syrup, citrus fruity taste; with some toffee sweetness hint, medium body clean cup
The story of this coffee is quiet interesting. It all started with Rodrigo Sanchez, a producer from the municipality of Palestina. Rodrigo organizes the producers from Palestina and other municipalities to bring their coffee to market. One day he got the chance to cup the Pink Bourbon, and he was amazed with the cupping results. At that time, he was one of the only people who knew about the odd tree, and locally began to conduct research to find out where this coffee was coming from, and which producers had it.
Pink Bourbon: Cultivated from hybridization of Red and Yellow Bourbon. It’s very rare, but the producers say it is quite resistant to rust. Pink and Orange Bourbons are very difficult to produce with consistency. The recessive genes leading to the expression of these colors are easily thwarted by the presence of yellow and red genes in a given pollen grain. A carefully isolated and contained lot can do quite well and preserve the unique color and character of this variety, though this is quite hard to find.
Huila is part of the Andean region, where Pink Bourbon was first discovered. Coffee from this region are balanced and complex with a high valuation of their acidity. Pitalito, San Adolfo, and together with other recognised regions in Andean high mountain range area, influenced by the positive environmental characteristics such as the soil, climate, vegetation, rainfall, altitude above sea level, etc.
- Origin: Colombia
- Region: San Adolfo
- Altitude – 1800m
- Cultivar – Pink Bourbon
- Process – Washed