Colombia • Norbey Quimbayo Pink Bourbon - Aerobic Honey

We're so excited to highlight another phenomenal Colombian coffee from an excellent producer, Norbey Quimbayo, who owns La Esmeralda, a coffee farm located in the Acevedo district in Huila, Colombia. In 2005, he gained possession of 12 hectares of land and dedicated 5 hectares to coffee growing, but it wasn’t until 5 years later when business began to boom after he planted a number high-end specialty varietals such as Tabi, Pink Bourbon, Geisha, Papayo, and more. Norbey has become more widely known for his work as it’s advanced and sold his coffee to phenomenal roasters worldwide, seeing the fruits of producing a truly artisan product to provide for his wife and kids as well as the folks who work at La Esmeralda. 

Our friends Felipe and María, the owners of Ventola Coffee, work closely with Norbey and sent us samples of this crop before its harvest had fully finished because of how much they loved it. Thanks to you guys buying good coffee from us, it makes us more capable of buying good coffee for you guys, which incentivizes more and more producers to produce good coffee, just like Norbey in 2010. We hope you enjoy this incredibly clean and sweet Pink Bourbon varietal that was intentionally fermented and beautifully processed by Norbey.

AGRICULTURE INFO

Grown in Acevedo, Huila, Colombia

Produced by Norbey Quimbayo at his farm La Esmeralda

A Honey processed coffee, aerobically fermented for 12 hours in cherry then depupled and aerobically fermented again for 24 hours prior to drying.

Solely a pink bourbon varietal

Grown at an altitude of 1750 Meters (5740 Feet)

Harvested from May 2024 - July 2024

TASTING NOTES BREAKDOWN

Upfront but soft pear-like malic acidity & flavor | Pleasant honey sweetness with a light floral finish | Nuttiness like cashew develops as coffee cools

Communicated on the bag as Clean, Juicy, Sweet.