COLOMBIA - Jhoan Vergara

Passion fruit - Honey - Blood orange peel.

200g roasted coffee beans

Farm                                                  Finca Las Flores

Varietal                                              Pink Bourbon

Processing                                        Washed - thermal shock

Fermentation                                    Anaerobic

Altitude                                              1750 m

Region                                               Huila, Acevedo

Farm size                                           16 hectares

 

 

In 1990, when Jhoan’s parents began their work at Finca Las Flores, only 2 over 16ha were cultivated in coffee. By 1998 the farm was already fully cultivated, and the production was very traditional at the time. In 2006, Jhoan’s mother ranked 16th at Cup of Excellence, she paved the way for his children to explore the world of specialty coffees.

Jhoan and his brothers decided to take the next step : developing profiles to be able to highlight the potential of each variety. Carlos and Diego oversee processing, fermentation and drying while Jhoan is in charge of analyzing the experiments, to define which process is better according to the variety. Their main focus : quality. In 2019, Jhoan ended up in the 1st place of 162 in the Master of Coffee contest in the coffee grower - roaster modality with their flagship pink bourbon.

The cherries are hand-picked, then undergo two 36h-phases of anaerobic fermentation (in cherry and after pulping). A thermal shock is applied (50°C) and then dried with a dehumidifier machine.