A Matter of Concrete - /058 Colombia - Don Héctor Díaz

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Colombia — Don Héctor Díaz La Armenia Pink Bourbon (Natural)

Tastes Like — 🍑 Juicy • 🌸 Floral • 🍓 Fruity

DETAILS

• Producer: Don Héctor Díaz
• Farm: La Armenia
• Region: Pitalito, Huila, Colombia
• Varietal: Pink Bourbon
• Process: Natural (Flotation Sorted + Monitored Fermentation + Raised-Bed Drying)
• Altitude: 1,800 MASL
• Size: 240g

INTRO

From Don Héctor Díaz at La Armenia in Pitalito — a naturally processed Pink Bourbon of sweet, balanced, and expressive character from a small 1.5-hectare family farm in one of Colombia's most celebrated coffee-growing areas. Carefully fermented, flotation sorted, and slowly dried in cherry on raised beds. In the cup: juicy, floral, and fruity.

THE PRODUCER

Don Héctor Díaz farms La Armenia at 1,800 MASL in Pitalito, Huila — a region celebrated for its volcanic soils, stable mountain microclimate, and the consistent quality of the specialty lots that emerge from its most dedicated smallholder producers. At just 1.5 hectares, La Armenia is a genuinely small family operation — every cherry picked, sorted, fermented, and dried with the hands-on attention that only a farm of this scale can provide. The results speak clearly: a sweet, balanced, and expressive Pink Bourbon with the distinct fruity and floral depth that makes this variety so sought-after in Huila.

Pink Bourbon is a variety grown primarily in Huila, genetically identified as Ethiopian Landrace and belonging to the Core Ethiopia group alongside Gesha, Chiroso, Sidra, and Aji. At 1,800 MASL in Pitalito's cool mountain conditions, its characteristic fruit expressiveness and floral complexity find ideal conditions to develop fully — and under careful natural processing, they emerge with exceptional warmth and depth.

THE PROCESS

The Natural process at La Armenia involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — Pink Bourbon cherries selectively harvested at peak ripeness 💧 Flotation sorting — Floated to remove lower-density and defective cherries before fermentation 🔒 Monitored fermentation — Cherries fermented under careful monitoring to ensure clean, controlled development ☀️ Raised-bed drying — Cherries dried in cherry on raised beds to optimal moisture content

The flotation sorting and monitored fermentation are the defining steps — by removing defects before fermentation and carefully managing the process throughout, Don Héctor ensures only the finest cherries contribute to the final cup, building the juicy fruit depth and floral sweetness that define this lot, while the raised-bed drying locks in the clean natural structure that keeps everything balanced.

THE CUP

A sweet, balanced, and expressively fruity natural Pink Bourbon from one of Pitalito's most carefully managed small family farms — juicy fruit character, a distinct floral note, and a clean natural structure that makes this an immediately accessible and deeply rewarding cup. Don Héctor Díaz's La Armenia at its most generous.

Flavour Notes

🍑 Juicy 🌸 Floral 🍓 Fruity