Colombia | Marlon Bolaños Pink Bourbon

Description

Tasting Notes: Strawberry, honeycomb, mandarin orange, Earl Grey

Origin: Acevedo, Huila, Colombia

Farm: The Three Coffee Farmers

Producer: Marlon Bolaños

Altitude: 1670 masl

Varietal: Pink Bourbon

Process: Honey

About: This coffee was sourced through Unblended Coffee from Marlon Bolaños, a 21 year old producer in Acevedo, Huila. He grew up on his family’s farm and took a barista course at 17, where he learned green coffee evaluation and sensory analysis. He now works the farm full time with his two brothers, Hemerson and Pedro, under the name Three Coffee Farmers. Marlon leads fermentation, sample prep, and cupping. The farm also has a natural spring, and he has won barista competitions using its water, which he calls "champion's water."

Marlon’s main focus on the farm is developing innovative coffees that are high quality and can also be produced at scale, so more producers and roasters can benefit. With this lot, he wanted to bring out the coffee’s natural sweetness and fruit character.

The processing is a honey with two fermentation stages. Cherries are selected by density, then fermented whole for two days in closed plastic tanks. After depulping, the coffee ferments for two more days in closed tanks with no added water. It dries on raised sun beds for 10 to 15 days and, depending on the weather, finishes in mechanical dryers to reach 11% moisture.

House recipe: https://brainwaveroasters.com/pages/brew-guide

Orea O1 - 202° water (~30ppm), 1:16.5 ratio, 5.5 ZP6.
0:30 bloom, then 3 pours to final volume, pouring once water is near the coffee bed, finishing around 2:30.

Rest: We're suggesting you rest this one for 3-4 weeks to maximize the flavor.

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Whole Bean Coffee | Net wt. 8 oz.

Text from Brainwave Coffee Roasters' listing.