Colombia — Lorena Pinzón, Washed Pink Bourbon | Palestina, Huila

Tastes Like — 🐉 Dragonfruit • 🍋 Pink Lemonade • 🩸 Blood Orange • 🌸 Honeysuckle

DETAILS

• Producer: Lorena Pinzón, exported by LaREB
• Region: Palestina, Huila, Colombia
• Varietal: Pink Bourbon
• Process: Washed: 48hrs held in cherry, depulped, 48hrs underwater
• Size: 125g or 250g

INTRO

This Pink Bourbon from Lorena Pinzón — a brand-new LaREB producer — absolutely floored the Shoebox team on the cupping table. With 48 hours of held-in-cherry fermentation followed by a further 48 hours in mucilage underwater, it carries that classic Palestina Pink Bourbon signature: tropical dragonfruit up front, vivid pink lemonade acidity, and a slightly heavier body carrying honeysuckle and jasmine florals long into the finish. As it cools, the pink lemonade slowly transitions to a darker blood orange acidity.

THE PRODUCER

Lorena Pinzón is a new addition to the LaREB family, and Shoebox were among the first to work with her. We are still awaiting fuller background details on her story and farm — these notes will be updated as more information becomes available. What's already clear is that her dedication to cherry selection and extended fermentation protocols has resulted in a certified LaREB banger: vibrant, structured, and unmistakably Huila Pink Bourbon in character.

LaREB (La Red de Exportadores de Buena Fe) is the exporting partner, a Colombia-based green coffee export network dedicated to transparency, traceability, and consistently high quality.

THE PROCESS

This lot undergoes an extended two-stage washed fermentation:

• 🍒 Held in cherry — 48 hours immersed underwater in cherry prior to depulping
• 🔧 Depulping — Mechanical depulping after the cherry-hold phase
• 💧 Underwater mucilage fermentation — A further 48 hours submerged in water with mucilage intact
• ☀️ Drying — Slow drying on raised beds

This meticulous double-fermentation approach preserves the inherent clarity of the Washed process whilst building remarkable fruit complexity and body.

THE CUP

An exceptional Palestina Pink Bourbon: tropical dragonfruit sweetness leads, underpinned by vivid pink lemonade acidity. A slightly heavier body carries honeysuckle and jasmine florals into a long finish, whilst cooling brings on a deeper blood orange quality.

Flavour Notes

• 🐉 Dragonfruit
• 🍋 Pink Lemonade
• 🩸 Blood Orange
• 🌸 Honeysuckle