Varieties: Pink Bourbon

Processes: Washed

Tasting notes: The rare Pink Bourbon variety is known for its elegant florals and layered fruit sweetness. The washed processing enhances clarity and brightness, allowing flavours of tangerine, blueberry, and summer stone fruits to shine. 

Cherries are picked at peak ripeness before being fermented in cherry for 50 hours. 
They are then floated, de-pulped, and dry fermented for a further 30 hours before washing. Dried on raised beds for 20 days until a moisture content of ~10% is reached.

Like many other new or “rediscovered” arabica varieties, the exact origins of Pink Bourbon are veiled in mystery. However, Rodrigo Sanchez Valencia, a producer at Finca Monteblanco and Aromas del Sur, is often credited for helping to discover the Pink Bourbon varietal. 

According to him, Pink Bourbon is believed to be native to Southern Huila in Colombia. First appearing in the San Adolfo area of the Acevedo municipality in the 1980s.