Colombia Finca La Terraza Pink Bourbon

Another special legacy variety offering from the famed duo of Juliana Guevara and Wbeimar Lasso of the Finca La Terraza, located high in the Huila coffee region of Colombia. Soon after harvesting, the cherries are sequestered into oxygen-free drums to undergo anaerobic fermentation, which is what will accentuate the fruit and floral notes of this wonderful arabica species variety. Following maceration the cherries are then carefully dried on raised beds under the sun and processed further with the natural method. According to the importer, Royal Coffee, the following description of the variety is very informative: “Pink Bourbon, once thought to be phenotype of the centuries-old bourbon lineage, now known as a descendent of an Ethiopian landrace, expresses a rose-colored cherry pigmentation when ripe as opposed to the more common red, and sometimes yellow, cultivars. Southern Huila has become a kind of niche market for Pink Bourbon. Enterprising farmers have isolated, propagated, and promoted the cultivar, along with the idea of its uniquely delicate cup quality, which many roasters find to be true. We love the Pink Bourbon microlots from La Terraza, in all their expressions. Juliana has a strong affection for the cultivar, calling it “kind” and “generous” in the cup—amenable to different processing manipulations and always delicious.”