A washed Pink Bourbon from a remote farm in northern Antioquia, grown by a producer who has farmed the same land for forty years.
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The first batch came out sour. Pink Bourbon wanted more time in the roaster. This issue begins with the recalibration, not the win.
A Pink Bourbon (bourbon, but pink) from Finca El Mango in Ituango, Antioquia. Producer Gilberto Giraldo, washed, grown at 1,800 to 1,900 meters. Single farm, single producer.
Softer than the sharp Bourbon Sidra that pulled us into the family. Floral, with stone fruit underneath. The seller lists vanilla, coconut, and piña colada. It pulls you in slowly rather than knocking you back.
Our second release, and 90 of these bags doubled as favors at our wedding. Hand-stamped, 120g, sold until it was gone.
My first roast of this coffee came out sour. Not bracing-acidic the way a good Kenyan is. Sour. Adam, the friend who taught me to roast, had the same result on the same machine, so we knew we were pulling the beans too early, and this Pink Bourbon wanted more time. I came to it out of curiosity. I collect bourbon whiskey, and the name caught my eye: bourbon but coffee, bourbon but pink. It turned out softer than the sharp Bourbon Sidra that pulled me into the family, floral with stone fruit underneath. The lot came from a single farm, Finca El Mango, where Gilberto Giraldo has farmed for forty years without chemicals, the beans carried out by mule because the roads don’t reach him. This issue begins with the recalibration, not the win.
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