Pink Velvet - Colombia
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Product detailed description
Finca Las Flores
Finca Las Flores is a family-run farm founded in 1990 in the village of San Isidro near Acevedo, in southern Huila. The farm covers around 16 to 20 hectares in the foothills of the La Ceja mountains, situated in nutrient-dense volcanic soil. Managed by Jhoan Vergara (often working alongside his brothers and parents as the Vergara family / Hermanos Vergara), a third-generation producer who transformed the estate from commercial production into a world-renowned specialty powerhouse. Jhoan won the 2019 Master of Coffee in South Korea as both producer and roaster and has supplied numerous national and international Brewers Cup contenders. In addition to Tabi, Las Flores cultivates rare cultivars including Sidra, Pink Bourbon, Ají Bourbon, Chiroso, Pacamara, and Ombligon.
Processing Protocol
While Jhoan Vergara is famous for avant-garde thermal shock and co-ferment micro-lots, his Washed Tabi focuses on controlled fermentation to highlight varietal terroir and pristine cup clarity: Selective Harvesting & Flotation: Cherries are picked at peak physiological ripeness (typically 20–24° Brix) and floated in water tanks to remove lower-density floaters and defects. Controlled Fermentation: Depending on the specific micro-lot iteration, the cherries undergo either a brief aerobic pre-fermentation in cherry followed by depulping, or a submerged anaerobic tank fermentation where temperature and pH are monitored to preserve malic brightness without generating boozy or heavy fermented notes. Washing & Canopy Drying: The parchment is thoroughly washed with clean mountain water to strip all degraded mucilage, then moved to raised beds under shade canopies (marquesinas). It dries slowly over 15 to 25 days to stabilize moisture content between 10.5% and 11.5%.
About this coffee
Cupping score: 87.50
Farm: Las Flores
Producer: Jhoan Vergara
Region: Huila
Altitude: 1700 - 1790 masl
Variety: Tabi
Processing: Experimental washed
Crop: 25/26
About the Variety
Tabi - Developed by Cenicafé (Colombia’s national coffee research center) and released in 2002, Tabi is a cross between Typica, Bourbon, and the Timor Hybrid 1343. The word Tabi translates to "good" in the indigenous Guambiano language.
Washed process
The Washed Coffee Process (or Wet Process) is a method where the fruit pulp is removed from the coffee bean immediately after harvest—usually through pulping, fermentation, and washing with water—before the bean is dried, which results in a cleaner, brighter, and more acidic flavor profile.
