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Colombia Buena Vista Estate Pink Bourbon Washed

Region: Huila

Estate: Buena Vista Estate

Altitude: 1600m

Variety: Pink Bourbon

Processing Method: Washed

Flavor Notes: berries, apple, juicy, brown sugar, vanilla

Introduction to the Pink Bourbon Variety:

Beautiful to look at but strong in character, Pink Bourbon can resist leaf rust disease. It demands careful cultivation and meticulous selection to avoid influence from red and yellow Bourbon varieties. Pink Bourbon is hard to produce consistently, because its recessive color genes are easily affected by pollen carrying yellow and red genes, which causes it to revert. Careful isolation and control are needed to preserve this variety's distinctive color and flavor. The Pink Bourbon from Buena Vista Estate, owned by Edgar Motta, features delicate apple aromas and a long-lasting vanilla finish.

Knowledge Point:

Bourbon is a variety of coffee tree belonging to a branch of the Arabica species. It is named for the color of the fruit when ripe - red, yellow, orange, and pink Bourbon. Orange Bourbon has lower production, while pink Bourbon has extremely limited production.

In Brief:

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

To explore Colombia's classic side, turn to FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Huila. Huila Province, in the southern part of Colombia's central cordillera, is the country's most famous specialty coffee region - a hilly, mountain-ringed area where coffee grows above 1,500 meters and where Colombia's most important rivers converge, bringing abundant water and humidity. FrontStreet Coffee uses a medium-dark roast that highlights black chocolate and nutty sweetness, moderate oils, and a full body. It suits pour-over and French press, and it also extracts beautifully in a moka pot or espresso machine for Americanos and lattes.

For Colombia's more experimental side, try FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Finca La Divisa Sidra. Colombian coffee was traditionally washed, but recent years have seen a wave of innovative processing. Anaerobic fermentation - sometimes called carbonic maceration - is fermentation in a low-oxygen or oxygen-free environment, usually in a pressure-resistant stainless steel tank where temperature, time, pH, and other variables can be controlled. The best-known forms are anaerobic natural and anaerobic washed, and FrontStreet Coffee's Sidra uses anaerobic natural processing, which transforms the coffee to reveal more tropical fruit aromas. Medium-light roasted, it delivers complex aromas of passion fruit, grape, apricot, and dried fruit in pour-over, cold brew, drip bags, and moka pot alike.