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Los Naranjos- Colombia

$17.00

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Tasting Notes:

Blood Orange, Raspberry, Biscoff Cookie

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Los Naranjos- Colombia

$17.00

PREORDER - LOS NARANJOS WILL NOT SHIP FOR 2 WEEKS

Tasting Notes:

Blood Orange, Raspberry, Biscoff Cookie

Grind:
Quantity:
Add To Cart

Importer: Cafe Imports

Coffee Overview:

Asociación Los Naranjos is a group of 50–60 smallholder producers who live and work in the area around San Agustín, Huila. This is one of Cafe Import's oldest partnerships globally and some of their greatest partners in Colombia. Cafe Imports has worked closely with them over the years and they were major contributors to their long term observational water study. 

Pink Bourbon

While the Bourbon varietal has been around for centuries, and been in Colombia for quite some time as well, the Pink Bourbon is a relatively new discovery. In the 1980’s, coffee leaf rust was becoming a problem in Colombia, so producers started growing what they called Pink Bourbon for its resistance to the disease as well as the high yield.

Until recently, Pink Bourbon was believed to be a hybrid between Red and Yellow Bourbon. This made sense, as some of the cherries were round and dense, and Bourbon was being cultivated in the area. In 2023, Cafe Imports published an article stating that the genetic test results of Pink Bourbon showed that the varietal is an Ethiopian Landrace varietal. 

The term “Landrace” is somewhat interchangeable with “Heirloom” which is an umbrella term for a lot of Ethiopian coffee varietals. While the specific heritage of these coffees is hard to trace, what we do know is that they have been cultivated in Ethiopia for generations. Most coffee from Ethiopia that is not the Gesha or WushWush varietal is usually described as Landrace or Heirloom, to denote that it is an original Ethiopian coffee.  

How the Pink Bourbon varietal got to Colombia isn’t clear, but bringing over an African varietal to the Americas is a tale as old as time. In hindsight, the Ethiopian lineage checks out. Pink Bourbon cups extremely well and has delicate flavor notes not unlike the characteristics of washed coffees from Ethiopia, of lemonade, sweet florals, and white tea. 

Huila

Located in southwestern Colombia, Huila is nestled in-between the Central and Eastern ranges of the Andes, with the middle area called the Magdalena Valley. The variation in elevation results in Huila being one of the country's most unique and complex regions of coffee production. Its terroir, climate, and harvest cycles all contribute to the quality of coffee produced here. The most impressive quality behind the coffees coming out of Huila lies in the people producing them. While Huila accounts for nearly 20% of the country's production, 80% of coffee producers operate on less than three hectares.