Gabriel Castaño, Filter
We taste
A creamy tropical cup that reminds us of vanilla, pineapple, and pomegranate juice.
The bean
PRODUCER: Gabriel Castaño Buendía
REGION: Acevedo, Huila
COUNTRY: Colombia
ALTITUDE: 1700 masl
VARIETY: Pink Bourbon
PROCESS: Washed Anaerobic
Particularities
Unlike most coffee cherries that ripen to a deep red, Borbón rosado cherries turn pink. The variety expresses itself as a recessive gene, which makes it rare and coveted.
STORY
Gabriel Castaño Buendia made a name for himself for popularizing the pink bourbon mutation in the southern Huila region of Colombia. It was after discovering the mysterious variety on another farm where he was a picker that he decided to plant it on his entire 2-hectare plot. In addition to the distinctive color of the cherries, he particularly likes it for its resistance to the coffee leaf rust disease. Gabriel and his wife Carmen have 6 children to whom they passed on their passion for coffee growing and who are now producers themselves. For this lot, he chose to pulp the cherries and ferment the parchment in sealed bags for 90 hours. The coffee is then washed and dried on raised beds for 20 days.
We taste
A creamy tropical cup that reminds us of vanilla, pineapple, and pomegranate juice.
The bean
PRODUCER: Gabriel Castaño Buendía
REGION: Acevedo, Huila
COUNTRY: Colombia
ALTITUDE: 1700 masl
VARIETY: Pink Bourbon
PROCESS: Washed Anaerobic
Particularities
Unlike most coffee cherries that ripen to a deep red, Borbón rosado cherries turn pink. The variety expresses itself as a recessive gene, which makes it rare and coveted.
STORY
Gabriel Castaño Buendia made a name for himself for popularizing the pink bourbon mutation in the southern Huila region of Colombia. It was after discovering the mysterious variety on another farm where he was a picker that he decided to plant it on his entire 2-hectare plot. In addition to the distinctive color of the cherries, he particularly likes it for its resistance to the coffee leaf rust disease. Gabriel and his wife Carmen have 6 children to whom they passed on their passion for coffee growing and who are now producers themselves. For this lot, he chose to pulp the cherries and ferment the parchment in sealed bags for 90 hours. The coffee is then washed and dried on raised beds for 20 days.
Transparency
C market price on day of purchase:
2.06 $ usd/lbFairtrade minimum price:
1.6 $ usd/lbPrice paid by Saint-Henri at origin:
5.69 $ usd/lb
Brewing guide
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