Filter: Colombia La Piragua Natural Pink Bourbon

Our first new Colombia comes from our friends at Primavera. Primavera specializes in coffees from Guatemala but they also like the Colombians a lot. This Pink Bourbon is produced by a Cup Of Excellence winner, so Alexander Vargas knows what he’s doing. We really like Pink Bourbon and we expect notes of plums, blackcurrant, pomegranate and cantaloupe melon.

This lot is produced by Alexander Vargas at his farm La Piragua. You may recognise the name, if you've been checking the Cup of Excellence finalists for the past decade. This is a great example of high quality natural processing; sweet and rich but still juicy and clear. 

We sourced this coffee through our friends at Primavera whereby they connect with local coffee farmers and provide support to improve quality and assist with export. Not that Alexander Vargas needs the help, he is no newcomer to the world of specialty coffee production. He has been a coffee farmer for over 25 years, beginning on his parents farm at only 15 years old. At 20, he decided to begin his own journey and produce high-quality specialty coffees and cultivate exotic varieties. Since then, he has placed in Colombias Cup of Excellence competition an impressive 4 times.

La Piragua is a 10 hectare farm cultivating Caturra, Java, Geisha, Tabi & Pink Bourbon. Alongside coffee Alexander also cultivates dragonfruit on 2 hectares of land. Huila is geographically perfect for coffee growing and is quickly becoming one of Colombias biggest coffee growing regions. La Piragua sits at 1800 masl on mineral-rich, black soils. The high altitudes help to lower temperatures in Huila’s warm, tropical climate.

Whole cherries have a 72-hour oxidation followed by a 98-hour anaerobic fermentation in barrels with degassing valves. The coffee is then dried in a solar drying shed for 20 days until it reaches a moisture content of 10.10%