El Rubi farm is located in Acevedo region of Huila in Colombia where Heiner has been farming coffee for many years. He and his wife Johanna bought El Rubi farm 25 years ago. The name was given to the farm by the previous owner who had initially named if after the ruby jewel as it was a present for his wife. Johanna and Heiner now see it as their precious ruby.

For many years El Rubi was planted with traditional Colombian varieties - Castillo, Caturra & Colombia but in recent years Johanna and Heiner started experimenting with new, more unusual varieties. Among these are 7,500 trees of Pink Bourbon which they started to plant 3 and a half years ago. We feel very lucky to have been able to purchase and share with you the fruits of their recent harvest of these Pink Bourbon trees.

The Pink Bourbon is a rare variety which was cultivated by crossing Red and Yellow Bourbon resulting in coffee cherries that pink in colour and very high in sweetness. The variety is prized for its exceptional cup quality as well as good productivity and resistance to leaf rust disease. It can be challenging to cultivate it with consistency as it is genetically volatile and can regress back to its parent varietals but it can be done on a carefully contained plot.

Heiner and Johanna take great care to tend for these trees and selectively pick cherries at their optimum point of ripeness, highlighting the natural sweetness and delicately complex flavour profile of this coffee. Once picked the cherries are de-pulped and dry fermented over night. After this, the coffee is sun dried in parchment over 7-10 days.

This coffee is juicy yet intensely sweet, like maple syrup. We love its delicately floral and fruity character reminding us of crisp pink lady apples and peaches.

El Rubi Pink Bourbon

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El Rubi Pink Bourbon

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El Rubi Pink Bourbon