Marlon Bolaños

Description

Region: Huila, Colombia

Producer: The Three Coffee Farmers // Marlon Bolaños

Varietal: Gesha

Process: Natural

Tasting notes: strawberry jam, grenadine, hibiscus

Producer info and cup notes:

Marlon Bolaños's project "The Three Coffee Farmers" produces some of the highest quality we have ever seen from Huila. Despite growing up in a coffee producing family, it wasn't until the age of 17 that Marlon took an interest in it, signing himself up for a Barista education course at SENA where he learned brewing, green coffee grading, and sensory analysis. Upon returning from that course, Marlon began planting differentiated varietals like pink bourbon, gesha, and chiroso while experimenting with new fermentation techniques on each subsequent harvest. Flash forward to today, and the farm is now owned by Marlon and his 2 brothers, Pedro and Hemerson. Marlon is responsible for quality control, fermentation protocols, sampling and part of the logistics operations. Marlon has also competed and won in several barista and brewing competitions over the last several years, taking spring water from his family's farm for brewing. It's especially suited for coffee due to the natural trace mineral composition, and now coveted by peers after earning the name "Champion's Water." Marlon's Natural Gesha brings a familiar intensity that we've come to expect with his coffees, this time bringing tons of overripe jammy strawberry, syrupy grenadine and cools into some nice hibiscus tones.

Source: Unblended Coffee

Text from Shoebox Coffee's listing.