Colombia El Cedro Pink Bourbon - Washed

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Tolima

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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• Bright
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Ships within 1 week of your roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months.. These beans hit their peak 2 to 3 weeks after roasting. A juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. Pink BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. from Tolima, Colombia Colombia El Cedro Pink Bourbon is a light-roasted, washed-process single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. grown on Finca El Cedro in Tolima, Colombia. Expect candy-like apricot, ripe cherry and sweet grape in a clean, fruit-forward cup. It is made for home brewers who love a bright, expressive filter coffee. Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. Apricot Candy · Cherry · Grape Light-bodied and juicy, with a soft, sweet acidity and a clean, lingering fruit finish. Coffee Details Origin Colombia Region Tolima Farm Finca El Cedro Producer Ricardo Giraldo VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. Pink Bourbon Processing Washed Roast Level Light Tasting Notes Apricot candy, cherry, grape About This Coffee Finca El Cedro is a 7.5-hectare farm in Tolima, Colombia, cared for by second-generation coffee grower Ricardo Giraldo. With the support of his family, his farm team and local partner Inconexus, Ricardo has built a reputation for thoughtful, improving work with every harvest. One hectare of the farm is set aside as forest reserve, leaving 6.5 hectares planted with traditional varieties (CastilloCastilloColombia's leaf-rust-resistant variety, bred by Cenicafé from Caturra and Timor hybrid. Long dismissed by purists, it now wins competitions when grown and processed well. and Colombia) alongside exotic lots like GeshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction. and this Pink Bourbon. For this coffee, only ripe cherries were hand-picked. After density sorting, the cherries were washed and then dried slowly over 15 to 20 days — the careful approach that gives the cup its clean structure and candied fruit sweetness. How to Brew Colombia El Cedro Pink Bourbon Filter Brewing ratio 1 : 17 Ground coffee 16g Total water 250ml Water temperature 93°C Brew time 3 minutes If the cup tastes sharp or thin, grind a touch finer to draw out more sweetness; if it turns bitter or drying, grind slightly coarser. How Much Coffee Is in a Bag? At around 15g per filter cup, a 250g bag brews roughly 16 cups and a 1kg bag brews about 65 cups. With a single origin this expressive, that is plenty of room to dial in your recipe and enjoy a rare Pink Bourbon