Colombia Asociación Palestina Coffee

Available as wholebeans only.

Palestina, sitting in the South of Huila, is responsible for many of that famous department's most lauded coffees. Palestina producers are a regular feature on the Colombian Cup of Excellence table, with each year's outstanding yield of the area's experimental varieties, including many Gesha and the "Bourbon Rosado" or Pink Bourbon, a Colombian favourite.

This coffee is a Pink Bourbon offering from the Asociación Palestina, an organisation that only produces naturally processed coffees and has a particular curiosity in experimental techniques and fermentations. This anaerobically fermented coffee is a great example of what can be achieved with this method: an intriguingly subtle dynamic is added to the acidity and finish with an additional layer of complexity rather than a blunt distortion of the coffee's pre-existing qualities.

Pink Bourbons are a rare hybridisation of Red & Yellow Bourbon varieties. It is a challenging variety to consistently produce due to its recessive gene, requiring careful isolation from other Bourbon varieties due to Red & Yellow's genetic dominance.

After 24 hours of fermentation without oxygen, the beans are dried for 25 days until they reach the desired moisture content.

• Caramel | Marmalade | Dark Chocolate
• Region | Palestina, Huila
• Fermentation | Anaerobic
• Altitude | 1750 masl
• Process | Natural
• Variety | Pink Bourbon