Colombian Huilan Coffee St. Alov small Farmer Pink bourbon Coffee Flavor Story

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The three Codiera mountains in Colombia run north and south to the Andes, and local coffee farmers grow coffee along the highlands of these mountains, with diverse climatic production conditions; and because of changes in altitude, a large part of Colombia's coffee industry is produced by smallholder production.

However, unlike the coffee-producing countries in Central America, which are mostly classified by the altitude of their growth, Colombian coffee is distinguished by the size of the bean-shaped mesh, of which the Supremo grade above 17 mesh is the largest, and the next grade is the 16-mesh EXCELSO EXTRA.

Huilan province, located in the southern part of the Central Mountains in southern Colombia, is the most famous boutique coffee producing area in the country. This area is a hilly land surrounded by mountains, planted more than 1500 meters above sea level, where the most important rivers in Colombia meet, bringing abundant water resources and moisture.

Contrary to the general impression that a large amount of Colombian coffee is balanced and smooth, the fine Goran products produced by many small farmers in micro batches are actually very characteristic of the flavor of the producing area. In recent years, with the attention to the quality of coffee and the demand for fine coffee in the international market, the original bean size grading system has been gradually abandoned to micro-batch (Micro-regional selections) provided by small farmers in micro-production areas, and dozens of small farmers have provided their unit harvest into a micro-batch to sell, and because of this, they have more opportunities to measure each batch by cup. Directly pick out a lot of high-quality specific smallholder coffee.

Colombia established the National Coffee Management Association in 1927 to regulate the quality of coffee and to improve the certification of coffee quality and its producing areas, the Colombian coffee trademark, which is composed of Juan Valdez, mule and Columbia Mountain, meets the certification standards, that is, it can be sold as a sign of quality and producing areas.

The pink bourbon coffee tree has different characteristics and is a very rare new breed. According to its researchers, pink bourbon is a hybrid of red bourbon and yellow bourbon.

Pink bourbon, as the name suggests, its coffee cherries are romantic pink when ripe, sometimes with some orange bourbon, but that's because the color of coffee fruit is ultimately determined by recessive genes in pollen grains. Among the pollen grains we selected for hybridization, there are both yellow genes inclined to yellow bourbon and red genes inclined to red bourbon, and these are recessive genes, which are very easy to interfere with each other. It is difficult to control its stability when the hybrid technology of new varieties is not mature.

The process of cultivating pink bourbon is not easy. People need careful care during the whole growth period of the coffee tree, and there is a high demand for the planting environment. A relatively closed and independent environment is the most ideal. Only under such conditions can we better maintain and consolidate the unique color and characteristics of this variety, but it is difficult to separate red and yellow genes. If these two groups of genes with strong personality can be controlled. That may solve the problem of color instability.

Pink bourbon is rare in Colombia and Guatemala, but it is extremely resistant to leaf rust, produces well, and does not require much fertilizer.