Gildardo Lopez Hoyos (El Calamar)

Description

Tastes Like: Citrus, Rosemary Flower, Juniper

Origin: El Calamar, Paicol, Huila, Colombia

Variety: Pink Bourbon

Producer: Gildardo López Hoyos

Elevation: 1,950–2,000 masl

Process: Washed; 30-hour whole-cherry fermentation, 48-hour parchment fermentation, dried 20–25 days on raised beds

About Finca Calamar, Gildardo López Hoyos

Gildardo López Hoyos grows coffee with his wife, Yolanda Bolaños, and their family at Finca El Calamar in Paicol, on the western side of Huila. The farm's Pink Bourbon selections have reached specialty buyers through Osito.

This washed selection comes from the family's high-elevation plantings, listed at approximately 1,950–2,000 meters.

Variety

Pink Bourbon is a pink-ripening Arabica selection associated with Colombian specialty coffee. Genetic testing of coffees sold under this name has found Ethiopian ancestry, so the name alone does not establish a Bourbon cross or a uniform genetic identity.

Processing

This lot is processed as a classic washed coffee. Ripe cherries are harvested, floated for sorting, and fermented as whole cherry for 30 hours before depulping. After depulping, the parchment undergoes an additional 48-hour fermentation before being washed and dried on raised beds for 20–25 days.

Text from Hydrangea Coffee Roasters' listing.