Colombia — Jaime & Juan Pablo El Escarabajo Pink Bourbon (Natural)

Tastes Like — 🫐 Blackberry • 🍊 Orange • 🍯 Honey • 🍫 Cocoa Biscuit

DETAILS

Producer: Jaime & Juan Pablo Farm: El Escarabajo Region: Tolima, Colombia Varietal: Pink Bourbon Process: Natural Altitude: 1,750 MASL Harvest: Picked August 2025 / Arrived January 2026 Size: 100g

INTRO

El Escarabajo is a standout processing station from Tolima — a region whose combination of volcanic soils, high elevations, and diverse microclimates has long made it one of Colombia's most compelling origins. This Natural Pink Bourbon delivers a richly layered cup: blackberry and orange up front, transitioning through honey sweetness to a finish of cocoa biscuit.

THE PRODUCER

El Escarabajo was founded in Tolima's Andes Mountains by Jaime and Juan Pablo, whose backgrounds span cultivation, processing, quality control, and international trade. Jaime is a Q Grader and professional barista with hands-on experience running award-winning farms, bringing a refined sensory approach to every lot produced at the station. Juan Pablo's background in political science and market development bridges the farm's production with the global specialty coffee community, positioning El Escarabajo as a deliberate and internationally-minded operation.

Tolima itself sits in the heart of the Colombian Andes, where elevations between 1,200 and 2,000 MASL slow cherry development and encourage the accumulation of sugars and complex aromatic compounds. El Escarabajo, at 1,750 MASL, sits firmly within this band — conditions well-suited to a variety as expressive as Pink Bourbon.

THE PROCESS

The Natural process at El Escarabajo involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — Cherries selected at peak ripeness ☀️ Whole-cherry drying — Fruit dried intact on raised beds, allowing sugars and pulp to influence the developing seed throughout

The defining characteristic of this lot is the Natural process itself — by drying the cherry whole, the seed absorbs the full character of the surrounding fruit, building the sweetness and depth that Pink Bourbon is known to express so vividly at altitude.

THE CUP

A considered and well-crafted Natural from one of Tolima's most purposefully built processing stations — El Escarabajo's Pink Bourbon reflects both the region's exceptional terroir and the technical rigour of the team behind it. Dark fruit and citrus give way to honey sweetness and a grounding cocoa biscuit finish: a profile that speaks clearly to what Pink Bourbon, grown high and processed with care, is capable of.

Flavour Notes

🫐 Blackberry 🍊 Orange 🍯 Honey 🍫 Cocoa Biscuit