📍 New Coffee Release 📍
COLOMBIA
LOS NOGALES
PINK BOURBON / WASHED
Jasmine • Grape • Yellow Peach
Candied Orange
María Rosa had initially planted three different varieties on their land: Caturra, Typica, and Tabi. A few years ago, she made the tough decision to uproot her existing trees and renovate her farm, planting only Pink Bourbon, a variety with direct links to Ethiopia known for producing a floral and elegant cup. Since then, every lot we have sourced from Los Nogales is 100% Pink Bourbon. The high elevation of their farm (some 2,000 metres above sea level) makes it possible to continue growing this more disease-vulnerable variety, despite the dangers of coffee leaf rust. It also means the coffee cherries ripen more slowly, allowing a higher concentration of sugars to develop, resulting in a sweet and complex cup. The coffee trees at Los Nogales are fertilised up to three times a year depending on the state and quantity of coffee on the tree, and seeds for new trees are collected and germinated on the farm itself.
ABOUT THE PILLIMUÉ FAMILY
María Rosa and husband Alfonso are the heads of the influential Pillimué family, who work hand in hand with our supply partners, Pergamino, as their local logistical operators in San Antonio. The family has a longstanding presence in the area, having farmed coffee here across three generations. They also keep the town’s general store and have built adjacent warehouses and a QC lab, which act as a receiving point for over 200 local producers who deliver coffee to them.
The Pillimués are determined to make a difference among the region’s coffee producers by supporting the local industry now and into the future. María Rosa and Alfonso’s grandson, Neyid Pillimue Jr, has recently joined Pergamino’s team as a trainee cupper and lab assistant at the family’s warehouse, demonstrating the Pillimué’s investment in the next generation of producers and coffee operators.