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Quick Facts
All the facts about our Colombia Finca Las Margaritas Red Bourbon honey
| Region | Valle del Cauca |
|---|---|
| Producer | Cafe Granja La Esperanza |
| Variety | Red Bourbon |
| Process | honey |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Category | Mission Red |
| Harvest | from 3 to 6 |
| Shipping | from 8 to December |
| Unit | Box à 24kg |
Colombia
Finca Las Margaritas Red Bourbon honey
honey
Cafe Granja La Esperanza manages 3 farms: Cerro Azul, Potosi, and Las Margaritas. Another exotic variety from finca las margaritas is red bourbon. Bourbon is one of the earliest cultivar of typica. it was first introduced in 1860 to southern Brazil. From Bourbon Island (now La reunión), where it was cultivivated by french missionaries in the early 1700s, it spread north into Central America. Bourbon is known for its distinctively sweet and delicate flavour. The plants are fragile and don’t produce as much fruit as some other varieties. this red bourbon was fermented between 19 and 22 hours in order to get the most exiting flavors out of these special beans.
Origin
Specialty coffee from Colombia
Varieties
Typica, Caturra, Castillo
Processing methods
Mainly washed processed, for specialty lots also natural and honey processed
Altitude range
1000 – 2300 masl
Harvest
Main harvest October – February, Mitaca harvest March – August
Total yearly production
Around 11.3 million 60kg bags in 2022/23
Colombia has thanks to its geographic position around the equator the advantage to have two crops and therefore fresh coffee all year around. Thanks to its three mountain ranges of the Andes from the north to the south, it creates different climatic and cultural areas, which makes the flavour of the coffee from each department in Colombia unique.
Main production areas: Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Tolima, Huila, Quindio, Risaralda, Nariño, Caldas, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Santander, Norte de Santander, Sierra Nevada
Port of shipment: Cartagena, Santa Marta, Buenaventura
Export bag size: 70kg
Total number of coffee farmers: over 563,000 small coffee families
Cup Profile: High acidity, medium body, fruity fragrance, citric and sweet notes
Mission Red
Colombia Finca Las Margaritas Red Bourbon honey
| Region | Valle del Cauca |
|---|---|
| Producer | Cafe Granja La Esperanza |
| Variety | Red Bourbon |
| Process | honey |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Harvest | from 3 to 6 |
| Shipping | from 8 to December |
| Unit | Box à 24kg |
Cafe Granja La Esperanza manages 3 farms: Cerro Azul, Potosi, and Las Margaritas. Another exotic variety from finca las margaritas is red bourbon. Bourbon is one of the earliest cultivar of typica. it was first introduced in 1860 to southern Brazil. From Bourbon Island (now La reunión), where it was cultivivated by french missionaries in the early 1700s, it spread north into Central America. Bourbon is known for its distinctively sweet and delicate flavour. The plants are fragile and don’t produce as much fruit as some other varieties. this red bourbon was fermented between 19 and 22 hours in order to get the most exiting flavors out of these special beans.
