Colombia Los Naranjos Pink Bourbon
Light Roast - Limited Release
COLOMBIA
This is hands-down the best washed coffee we’ve tasted in years. Normally we reserve the “electric” tasting note for one of the top finishers in the Huila Mágico competition, which is invariably a washed Pink Bourbon. Sadly, that competition did not happen this year - we are confident that this coffee would have been one of the top placers if it had! We taste ripe berries, electric acidity, and a beautiful minerality that really sets this coffee apart.
ORIGIN:
Finca Los Naranjos, Acevedo, Huila
VARIETY:
Pink Bourbon
ELEVATION:
1,650 masl
PROCESS:
Washed
HARVEST:
November 2024 - January 2025
TASTING:
Strawberry mint lemonade & blackberry, electric
Why We Love This Coffee
Pink Bourbons have come to dominate our Colombian offerings because they are just so good: an heirloom Ethiopian variety plus Huila’s perfect climate and growing conditions are the perfect recipe for delicious coffee. It simply doesn’t get any better than this one from Acevedo. We are confident that without question it would have been one of the top placers in the Huila Mágico competition if it had been run this year. Sadly, with the chaos of the C-market, it just didn’t happen.
This coffee is exceptionally sweet, with intense fruity notes including strawberry, blackberry, perhaps prune - this coffee is fruitier than a lot of naturally-processed coffees - plus a sparkling or “electric” acidity and a unique minerality. It almost tastes salty - not like the saltiness you get from a severely underextracted espresso, but a pleasant one. Think of the way salt intensifies the flavor of whatever food you put it on. At higher extractions, with harder water, something akin to mint comes out too. We simply can’t recommend this one highly enough.
