Colombia Pastor Ordoñez

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

This unique micro-lotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional. is sure to impress the coffee lover in your life with its citrus layers and complexity! Elegant sweetness, plush, bright and 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. Panela, citrus layers, nectarine, honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. suckle and orange blossom florals This coffee is grown and produced in the Southern Department of Huila near the town of San Agustin, an area renowned for some of Colombia’s best quality coffees. This microlot is grown and produced by Pastor Ordoñez, owner of Finca El Placer. He's been producing coffee for 30 years. Pink BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars.: Emerging new 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. or old world genetics? Pink Bourbon has been labeled as a coffee variety characterized by its pink coloured skin and its unique flavour profile. Over the past few years this variety has been showing up on World Barista competition stages and a growing number of Specialty Roaster menus, however, its genetic origins are a mystery. Once thought to be a spontaneous cross of Red and Yellow Bourbon varieties from the south of Colombia, genetic testing in 2023 showed little relation to Bourbon, but pointed to Ethiopia landraceHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. stock. Despite the ongoing mystery, Pastor’s expertise has produced a coffee that is unmistakably delicious. This is Fantastico’s second harvest offering by Pastor. We eagerly look forward to future offerings!