COLOMBIA POTOSI PINK BOURBON COFFEE
High on the slopes that surround Caicedonia and Trujillo, can be found the Potosi farm, which was the first farm owned by the Herrera family, whose project, whose project, Café Granja La Esperanza, now incorporates 5 amazing coffee farms. Having been there since 1945, there is now 52 hectares under coffee production, with 22 hectares given over to forest. Potosi is the largest farm. Whilst this is not the most wild feeling of the farms there is an abundance of nature intertwined with the coffee trees there above the valley so often cloaked in clouds and mist. A number of the plots are given over to further experimentation, with fields of varietal coffee plants, such as geishas, SL34, CGLE17, Sidra, Tabi, and even some heirloom Yirgacheffe. Pink Bourbon is of course grown here too, seen as first being noted in Colombia from somewhere around the Inza region. Hybrid washed is exactly that – an initial fermentation step of around 19-22 hours is done as whole cherries, before a de-pulping without water, followed by a second fermentation stage. The resulting beans are then fully washed and mechanically dried. Café Granja La Esperanza undoubtedly produces several of the very best and most diverse coffees in the world, of which we are pleased to offer a number of in our range! This coffee was scored a whopping 86 by the independent coffee graders of the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America), making it amongst a handful of coffees worldwide with such a high score. Flavour and aromatics described by the SCAA were tea rose, vanilla, pear and apricot.
We've been roasting the world's best coffee in our 2kg San Franciscan roaster since 1994, resisting the temptation and logic of roasting on a more commercial scale, to stand by the philosophy that we can bring out the best in any coffee working this way. To give some context, each batch produces just enough for 8 supermarket size packets. Often, one roast is taken entirely by one customer!
The best tip we can offer to enhance your enjoyment of any coffee you try is to suggest that you grind your own beans freshly as required.