New Single Origin Coffee: Introducing a Roaster's Choice Coffee from 'The Colonial Reserve' Collection.
A little bit more about Pink Bourbon varietal....
The Bourbon varietal was first introduced in the 1700s by French missionaries, who planted this varietal on Bourbon Island in the Indian ocean. This island is known as Reunion today. Bourbon varietal was then commercially grown in Brazil in the 1800s, where it spread throughout the Latin America, commonly producing the red or yellow bourbon varietal. The pink bourbon is a cross-bred of the red and yellow varietal, getting its name as the ripe cross-bred cherries carries hues of pink instead.
First and foremost, if you are new to the Roaster's Choice Subscription (RCS), do read more about this it here. We are excited yet again to launch a new coffee this month, with exclusive sneak preview privileges going first to our RCS subscribers before they were officially launched in our own stores and online shop!
February's Roaster Choice coffee was roasted on the 2nd Monday of this month and shipped out the following day. As you are reading this blog piece, our subscribers may have already finished up their first bag of this delicious coffee.
In this series of Dutch Colony's 'The Colonial Reserve' or TCR collection #013 is a delicious single origin microlot grown by Rafael Amaya and his son in Finca La Virginia. This is a fully washed Pink Bourbon varietal that goes through an extended fermentation process and it is one out of two coffee that we have sourced through Cofinet, from this amazing producer who is also widely known in the municipality of Huila to be very progressive with his approach of experimenting with new farming and processing techniques!
This pink bourbon varietal is harvested following a strict ripeness criteria, exposed to a long dry fermentation of 40 hours with the pulp on and 60 more hours after being pulped. Afterwards it is dried on raised beds for 14 days to ideal moisture content. When we were first sample roasting the pre-shipment sample (PSS) and cupping them the next day, we were enjoying loads of kiwi, pink wine and sweet chocolate which have now translated to beautiful roses, raisins and cardamom. Enjoying this cup!
A little bit more about Pink Bourbon varietal...
The Bourbon varietal was first introduced in the 1700s by French missionaries, who planted this varietal on Bourbon Island in the Indian ocean. This island is known as Reunion today. Bourbon varietal was then commercially grown in Brazil in the 1800s, where it spread throughout the Latin America, commonly producing the red or yellow bourbon varietal. The pink bourbon is a cross-bred of the red and yellow varietal, getting its name as the ripe cross-bred cherries carries hues of pink instead.
From Timana, Colombia to Singapore, TCR #013 is only made possible through the story of relationship, coffee and people. This is a coffee that Brew Moments and Inspiring Relationships.