Colombia Finca El Chaferote II – Washed Pink Bourbon

ruby red, peach, honeysuckle
$30.00

Roasted fresh weekly.

Size (Whole Bean) 250 g

Cup of Excellence Award Winning Coffee

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Light Roast

It's been a while since we've had a pure Pink Bourbon on the menu. Erick Bravo's second lot from Finca El Chaferote is how we beat the drought.

Pink Bourbon is a Colombia-native variety, named for the soft pink blush of its cherries. It's known for producing some of the cleanest, most articulate cups in the country. When grown well and handled carefully, it sings.

This lot sings.

Hand-picked at Finca El Chaferote in San Agustín, Huila, then depulped, washed clean, and dried slowly. Fully washed, start to finish. The processing is textbook clean.

In the cup we're getting ruby red, peach, and soft honeysuckle. Bright without being sharp. A clean cup with sweet florals. A fabulous presentation of what Pink Bourbon can do when everything lines up.

This one landed on the cupping table less than a week ago and it's already one of the best cups on the counter.

We found this green lot through Prodigal in Boulder. When Scott Rao's team and Erick Bravo line up on the same coffee, we pay attention.

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Origin: San Agustín, Huila, Colombia
Farm: Finca El Chaferote
Producer: Erick Bravo
Elevation: 1,550 MASL
Varietal: Pink Bourbon
Processing: Fully Washed
Accolade: 3rd Place, 2019 Colombian Cup of Excellence
Green Sourcing: Prodigal Coffee

Erick Bravo is a third-generation grower who runs the specialty side of his father's farm in San Agustín, Huila. Finca El Chaferote sits at 1,550 meters along the Magdalena River. Of its nine hectares, only a few are in active coffee production. Two and a half are kept as natural forest reserve along the river, untouched.

Erick took third place at the 2019 Colombian Cup of Excellence, the closest thing the coffee world has to a podium finish. We sourced this lot through Prodigal Coffee, the importer co-founded by Scott Rao. When a Cup of Excellence farm and Prodigal line up on the same coffee, we pay attention.