*NEW RECESSION PROOF BANGER #21* Colombia - Sebastian Gomez

STRAWBERRY, LIME & MANGO

If you’ve had our recession releases before, I always try and source something real good and get it over to you at a great price. Every now and then one of the beans goes down particularly well, and after it goes out of stock I’ll get emails asking if I could get it in again - I reckon this will be one of those lots because it’s bloody lovely.

It’s an 88 scoring natural Pink Bourbon and it really ticks the sweet ripe fruit box. Lots of strawberry and lime in the cup, sweet, floral and complex, it reminds me of the OG Ethiopian Rocko Mountain but without that marmite level of funk. Roasted light to medium, I’m going filter for this but I reckon it’ll cut through with some lovely strawberries in a cortado. As always, these lots don’t hang around for long, this is one of my favourite beans we’ve had as a recession proof. It’s a couple of quid more than past releases, I’ve had to push the pricing up a little to get this in.

Cheers, Joel.

THE COFFEE ITSELF

Sebastian Gomez comes from a traditional coffee family. He along with his father owns La Divisa Farm, a 13-hectare farm, located at 1.700, in Circasia, Quindío. On the farm, they have some beautiful shade trees such as Guamo, Guayacan, Gualandai, and Nogal. Sebastian is a young farmer and along with his wife both work on the coffee duties and administrative matters. His father, John, has been working in coffee for more than 30 years and has been taking care of the coffee farm since he bought the farm in 1995. Sebastian started to be more involved in coffee in 2014 when he came back To Colombia. Sebastian could witness the specialty movement in other countries, so he decided to be more involved in coffee and it was when they decided to focus on specialty coffee. They planted varieties such as Geisha and Pink Bourbon. Sebastian shared that they knew they were about to wait and just let their hard work speak out. It was three years after they could see the marvelous result. Sebastian tells us that 10 years later, quantity was the focus, but now they see a radical change since now the focus in the coffee industry is quality. Now they want to do differentiated coffees since they know that is what the market demands too. He is grateful to Cofinet because of the technical assistance and support they have received from us. Sebastian enjoys passing time with his baby and wife. He loves skating, and the best moment for him is when he goes skating while he walks around with his baby in the park. We love this too!!!

This coffee was grown at the farm La Divisa. This coffee was carefully hand-picked in order to select only the ripest cherries and then hand sorted to remove any defects. The coffee was sundried on raised beds in temperature controlled conditions until the ideal moisture content is achieved.

his micro-lot is 100% Pink Bourbon. This varietal is currently under research in order to determine its origin. It is said that it is a mutation that took place at 2100 m.a.s.l in San Adolfo, Huila.