$14.75 per lb

Fruit Loops, Red Plum, Mixed Berry Jam, Complex

Producer: Viviana Realpe, Luis Octavio, Jose Lasso

Location: Buselas

Varietal: Pink Bourbon

Process: Washed Anaerobic

Elevation: 1825 masl

FOB Cost: $4.51lb

Our Cost: $6.90lb (tariffs included)

This lot is made up of coffee from three individual producers, who each process a bit. differently. But all three producers are careful about their picking- they know that picking ripe cherries is the first step in producing high-scoring coffees. After picking the cherries, all three producers leave the cherries to begin the initial fermentation process in sealed receptacles (plastic grain-pro bags or barrels), and then they’re depulped 24-36 hours later. All three producers continue to ferment the coffee in sealed vessels with one-way valves for off-gassing- these are all anaerobically fermented coffees. The coffee ferments for 36-48 hours (on average), before it’s washed. After washing, the coffee is dried- it usually takes between 2.5 - 3 weeks for the coffee to dry under low and slow conditions.

Viviana Realpe farms in the township of El Mesón, and she has about 8,000 pink bourbon trees on her farm. She and her husband Pablo used to process their cherries at a nearby family member’s farm, but they recently invested in their own wet mill processing equipment, which has helped them to more carefully manage the processing of their coffee. Luis Octavio farms in the township of La Esperanza at around 1725 masl- he has 5,000 pink bourbon trees split between two farms that he manages (one is his wife’s farm, on the same property with his mother-in-law). Luis also has a few bee hives on his farm to improve pollination, and this year he has been able to harvest some honey too. Jose Uribe Lasso has around 14,000 pink bourbon trees over 3.2 hectares on his farm El Diviso. The trees come from seeds originally sourced from San Adolfo, where the variety was first discovered. The oldest trees were planted seven years ago, and the newest planting was two years ago- those just entered full production this year.