El Espejo
Finca El Espejo is located in Santa María, Huila, Colombia, and managed by Reinel Borbon, a 48-year-old, second-generation coffee grower who has been in the coffee industry for more than 15 years. The farm consists of 4 hectares of land and sits at an elevation of 1,850 m.a.s.l. Reinel initially harvested lentils and grains on the farm, but he saw an opportunity with coffee. Now, he has around 13,000 coffee trees in production of the Pink Bourbon, Caturra, and Colombia varieties. All lots start with a careful harvest of the ripest cherries and an initial 20-hour dry fermentation in cherry before being de-pulped. The coffee was then placed in open tanks to ferment for 48 hours before being washed and placed to dry in raised beds. This particular Pink Bourbon lot is honey processed, so it was dried in mucilage.
Reinel’s expertise in fermentation and processing is apparent in his coffees. We taste a delicate wininess in this cup. It is playful but clean and balanced like pineapple juice, with deep sweetness and subtle spices like dates and mulled wine. In structure and body this coffee reminds us of ripe nectarine.
Altitude 1850 MASL
Varietal Pink Bourbon
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4-5%
All our roasted coffees are run through an AI-powered optical sorter. This extra step ensures that you receive only the most nutrient-dense, flavorful coffees from each lot. The machine is also capable of removing any foreign objects (corn, metals, rope, to name a few) from the rest of the coffees.
The higher the percentage, the more coffee is being removed in order to achieve a truly pristine product. We liken this to how sake-makers "polish" during production in order to reach a higher-quality product.
Nothing goes to waste: the rejected coffees are re-roasted and sold to local markets.
Variety / Cultivar
Pink Bourbon
Despite it's name, Pink Bourbon is closer to Ethiopian Landrace variety than it is to Red or Yellow Bourbon. A constant favorite on the cupping table at Regalia HQ: we get the greatest range of florality and sweetness in the best of Pink Bourbons.