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ALDEMAR QUISTIAL

Specs

 

Producer    Aldemar Quistial

Region         La Esperanza, Huila, Colombia

Harvest       Summer 2024

Varieties      Pink Bourbon

Process       Washed

Altitude        1,650 masl

Importer     Shared Source

 

ALDEMAR QUISTIAL

Producer Profile

In our third year working with Aldemar's coffee we are excited to profile is excellent, and unique Pink Bourbon for espresso!

Aldemar farms 3 hectares of land in the township of La Esperanza, Huila where he. makes his home and operates his wet-mill in the nearby township of Cabeceras. He has roughly 3,000 Pink Bourbon trees and about 1,200 Tabi trees. Aldemar is also an integral part of Los Guacharos, a group of independent, quality focused producers in Bruselas, Huila. Along with the other group members, Aldemar has started converting to a fully regenerative form of agricultural, similar to biodynamic farming.

Huila

Of the many growing regions in Colombia, the mountainous department of Huila in the south west of the country grows the most coffee. Huila enjoys a wide diversity of micro-climates, temperatures, altitudes and coffee varieties. In fact, coffee is grown in 35 of Huila's 37 municipalities. All of this means that the coffee coming out of this region is as diverse as the variables that influence its production.

Pink Bourbon

Initially thought to be a natural hybrid of Red and Yellow Bourbon, this variety, famed for its characteristically pink ripened cherries and equally unique flavour characteristics, has become highly sought after. It has now been genetically confirmed that Pink Bourbon is in fact an Ethiopian Landrace variety. On our trips to Colombia, we've seen the variety proliferate across Colombia, particularly in Huila, where it has become extremely popular amongst specialty focused coffee producers.

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Washed

Aldemar has hired other Los Guacharos members to help him pick cherries, and together they pick ripe cherries. He leaves those cherries to begin the initial fermentation process in the intact cherries, sealed in a bag-this fermentation phase lasts around 18 hours. From there, he de-pulps the coffee, and leaves the seeds to ferment in an open tank for about 36 hours. He washes the coffee two times, and it dries for about 20 days. Parchment coffee is stored in grain pro bags at home to ensure that humidity is stable at around 10.5%.

TRANSPARENCY

IMPORTER

Shared Source

FARMGATE PRICING

What's this?

FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs.

Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization.

3 million per carga (125kg of parchment)

SUBTEXT PAID

$5.85 USD per lb

LOT SIZE

Total lot size of 962 kg of parchment. Subtext purchased 490 kg.

RELATIONSHIP LENGTH

Shared Source has worked with Los Guacharos and Aldemar for nine years and this is the third year we have purchased Aldemar's coffee..

QUALITY

Subtext cupping score of 86.5