Colombia Luis Alberto Jojoa Pink Bourbon (Ext. Fermentation)

Sourced in collaboration with Azahar Coffee, this all Bórbon Rosado or Pink Bourbon Community Lot is made up exclusively of coffee from Luis Alberto Jojoa’s Finca La Perla del Otún in Pitalito, Huila. Luis is an exceptional producer. In 2006, he won 1st place in the Colombian cup of excellence; a prize that allowed him to buy additional hectarage to increase his productions. Luis’s progressive approach to specialty coffee extends beyond the farm. He also attends the local SENA agricultural university to increase his knowledge about high-quality production. 

Luis Alberto Jojoa will never forget how he started his coffee journey as a picker. During our last visit to his finca La Perla de Otún, he told us about the many years he worked on his now neighbor Antonio Castro’s farm, and how he eventually worked up the courage to ask his boss if he would maybe sell him a plot of land, so that he could start growing and harvesting his own coffee. Antonio agreed but unfortunately, Luis Alberto did yet have enough money, so he offered his job to pay for it. Five years of hard work later, Don Luis became the proud owner of La Perla del Otún in 1994. "I earned it with the sweat off my brow and honest work", he says. He named his farm `the pearl’ because of the absolute beauty that surrounds it. 

Over the last decade or so we’ve seen a boom in the popularity–particularly in Acevedo– and subsequent pro- duction of this “hybrid” variety sought after for its unique cup profile reminiscent of Ethiopian heirloom varieties crossed with distinctly Colombian sensorial attributes such as pleasing, forward acidity and aromatics and hints of panela and black tea that harmonize with tropical fruit sweetness, and exotic floral notes.