Las Perlitas
A perennial favorite makes it's return: Las Perlitas is back in very small quantities. We have less than 50lbs, so get yours while you can. This lot is winey, with notes of tropical jam, and mountain honey.
PLEASE NOTE: This coffee is already rested and ready to go! This was roasted on 4/17.![]()
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In Spanish, Las Perlitas means “Little Pearls” and throughout the harvest, it’s quite common that small-holders in Colombia produce lots that aren’t large enough to be exported on their own. However, the quality is often just as good (or better) than samples received from larger lots. As such, we buy all coffees, regardless of size and create a larger, export-size lot based on cup score and profile.
The result is Las Perlitas: a celebrated Washed coffee of various small lots from producers in Huila, whose farms range in elevation from 1,600 to 2,000 MASL and grow Pink Bourbon. In most versions, there is usually a mix of varieties, which include Caturra, Pink Bourbon and even sometimes Geisha. However, with the amount of Pink Bourbon being planted in Huila these days, these lots are often very heavily weighted with that variety!
Region Huila < Colombia
Altitude 2064 MASL
Process Washed
Varietal Pink Bourbon, Caturra
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Sorting Level
6-8%
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
Caturra / Pink Bourbon
Huila is famed for it's incredibly pink bourbon lots. Blending this with Caturra yields a profile like no other.