{"product_id":"shoebox-coffee-roasters-marlon-bolanos-pink-bourbon-honey-colombia","title":"Shoebox Coffee Roasters - Marlon Bolaños Pink Bourbon Honey | Colombia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColombia — Marlon Bolaños \"The Three Coffee Farmers\" Pink Bourbon (Double Fermentation Honey)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTastes Like — 🍋 Yuzu • 🍯 Raw Honey • 🍊 Bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProducer: Marlon Bolaños (The Three Coffee Farmers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegion: Huila, Colombia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarietal: Pink Bourbon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess: Honey — 48h in-cherry barrel ferment, depulped, 48h bulk barrel ferment, 10–15 days raised-bed drying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest: Late harvest lot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTRO\u003c\/strong\u003e From Marlon Bolaños's project \"The Three Coffee Farmers\" — some of the highest quality coming out of Huila. Intensely bright, sweet citric acidity like yuzu lemonade opens the cup, cooling to a rounded raw honey note, before an array of florals and delicate stonefruit rise as it fully cools — a nod to Pink Bourbon's Ethiopian heritage. In the cup: yuzu, raw honey, and bergamot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCER\u003c\/strong\u003e Marlon Bolaños grew up in a coffee-producing family but didn't take a real interest until age 17, when he enrolled in a barista education course at SENA, learning brewing, green coffee grading, and sensory analysis. He returned and began planting differentiated varietals — pink bourbon, gesha, chiroso — while experimenting with new fermentation techniques each harvest. Today the farm is owned by Marlon and his two brothers, Pedro and Hemerson, with Marlon overseeing quality control, fermentation protocols, sampling, and logistics. He's also competed and won in several barista and brewing competitions, using spring water from the family farm — nicknamed \"Champion's Water\" by peers for its natural trace mineral composition, ideal for brewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PROCESS\u003c\/strong\u003e This late harvest Pink Bourbon underwent a double fermentation similar to Marlon's washed Gesha process: cherries were sealed in plastic barrels without water for 48 hours, then depulped and bulk-fermented in barrels for another 48 hours, before drying for 10-15 days on raised beds as a honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe double in-cherry-then-depulped barrel fermentation is the defining step — it's what builds the intense citric yuzu brightness up front, while allowing the raw honey and delicate floral-stonefruit complexity to emerge as the cup cools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE CUP\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright and evolving — intense citric acidity like yuzu lemonade up front, cooling into a rounded raw honey note, then opening into florals and delicate stonefruit — apricot, bergamot, and jasmine — settling into a juicy yet tea-like brew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlavour Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e 🍋 Yuzu 🍯 Raw Honey 🍊 Bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shoebox Coffee Roasters","offers":[{"title":"125g \/ July 30th","offer_id":58389895905654,"sku":"SHOE-MARLON-BOLANOS-PINK-BOURBON-HONEY-FIL-125-JUL30","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9152\/5021\/files\/MarlonPBHoney-shopify.png-cropped.jpg?v=1785759877","url":"https:\/\/sigmacoffee.co.uk\/de\/products\/shoebox-coffee-roasters-marlon-bolanos-pink-bourbon-honey-colombia","provider":"Sigma Coffee UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}