Pink Lemonade - Colombia

Country: Colombia
Region: Villa Maria, Caldas
Elevation: 1800 MASL
Process: Natural
Coffee Variety: Pink Bourbon

Tastes like: pink grapefruit, pineapple, pomelo

Another Pink Bourbon from Villa María, only this year it's the fully caffeinated version — same ripping varietal, same legendary project, slightly different processing.

Sourced through our good mates at Raw Material, this lot comes from their Villamaría project in Caldas — a setup built around buying cherry directly from 30–50 smallholder families at a quality premium. Eliminating post-harvest burden on the farmers and providing consistent, fair returns every harvest. They also distributed Pink Bourbon seedlings amongst the associated growers, and the results speak for themselves.

For this particular lot, cherry is collected at La Aurora after harvest before heading downhill to Jamaica — a lower, hotter microclimate and processing station purpose-built for drying naturals. Here it undergoes 48 hours of whole-fruit fermentation before hitting the greenhouse drying beds for around 15 days, finished in a mechanical dryer for consistency.

The result is as the name suggests — a delectable, refreshing coffee. Zesty pink grapefruit and pomelo, with a wickedly sweet hit of tropical fruit that reminds us of pineapple. Super sweet and juicy while maintaining those vibrant and bright notes associated with the varietal. One of the most enjoyable naturals we've had in the roastery in a wee while.