Notes: Cranberry, Pomegranate, Jamaica
From: Pitalito, Huila, Colombia- El Mirador
Varietal: Pink Bourbon
Process: Washed
125g whole coffee beans
Hand-picked and carefully sorted (95% fully ripe), 36 hour held in cherry. The cherries are then depulped and transferred to plastic tanks, where a controlled fermentation begins. Fermentation is monitored through Brix measurements, starting at 22°Bx and concluding at 8°Bx over approximately 72 hours. The coffee is then dried on raised sun beds for 15-20 days for a slow even dry.
This Pink Bourbon is a bright beautiful coffee. Over days of tasting we have tasting notes of cranberry, pomegranate, jamaica florals, pink limeade, and lemongrass.
Sometimes in life I like to believe everything happens for a reason. After reaching out to unblended for samples and cupping through them I chose to contract this Pink Bourbon as our first coffee for our menu. After that I decided to attend WOC San Diego to immerse myself in the coffee community fully.
While there at the unblended both I got meet both Yessica and Diego. It was as human of an experience as you could get, and it made my heart feel full. Diego and Yessica, thank you for giving me the opportunity to share your coffee with the world. We have already started working on contracting our second Diwan coffee for later this year and will continue to going forward!
About the Producer
Yessica and Diego are siblings from Pitalito, Huila, and the fourth generation of a coffee-growing family. Their great-grandfather began cultivating coffee as a livelihood, and their grandfather and parents continued building the tradition.
Although their family was long involved in coffee, it wasn’t until Yessica explored specialty coffee through studies and teaching at SENA that she realized its full potential. She soon introduced her brother Diego to this world, and together they founded Diwan Coffee.
This initially started as a hobby while working in other coffee companies, but over time their passion grew into a business, leading them to leave their jobs, acquire their own farm, and develop unique processes. Diego specializes in fermentation and varietal profiling, while Yessica mastered cupping, logistics, and sourcing. Today, Diwan Coffee brings together their own production with allied farmers. In November 2024, they officially launched their brand which was their first export together, a new chapter in a family legacy that began generations ago.
