El Mirador Yessica Parra - Washed Pink Bourbon | Colombia

Colombia — Yessica Parra El Mirador Pink Bourbon (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🌸 Cherry Blossom • 🍑 Peach • 🍊 Navel Orange • 🍬 Starfruit

DETAILS

• Producer: Yessica Parra / Diwan Coffee
• Farm: El Mirador
• Region: Pitalito, Huila, Colombia
• Varietal: Pink Bourbon
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1750 MASL
• Size: 227g

INTRO

A washed Pink Bourbon from Yessica Parra's El Mirador farm in Pitalito, Huila — a producer Moonwake regards with deep admiration. Where their natural Gesha from the same farm delivers vivid red fruit and complexity, this washed Pink Bourbon offers the variety's characteristic floral sweetness in its cleanest, most transparent form. A coffee that lets Pink Bourbon's extraordinary genetics speak for themselves.

Yessica and her brother Diego are siblings from a fourth-generation coffee-growing family who founded Diwan Coffee, initially as a passion project before growing it into a vehicle for producing some of the most distinctive microlots in Huila.

THE PRODUCER

Yessica and Diego Parra are the fourth generation of a coffee-growing family from Pitalito, Huila. Their great-grandfather began cultivating coffee as a livelihood, and the tradition was passed down through each generation. It wasn't until Yessica explored specialty coffee through studies and teaching at SENA that she and Diego recognised coffee's full potential, founding Diwan Coffee together.

Over time, their passion grew into a serious enterprise — acquiring their own farm, El Mirador, and developing unique processing approaches. Diego specialises in fermentation and varietal profiling, whilst Yessica masters cupping, logistics, and sourcing. Today, Diwan Coffee brings together their own production with that of allied farmers, launching their brand officially in 2024.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at El Mirador involves:

• 🍒 Cherry Selection — Only the ripest Pink Bourbon cherries are harvested
• 🔧 De-pulping — Fruit skin removed to expose the mucilage-covered parchment
• 🧪 Fermentation — Controlled fermentation to break down remaining mucilage
• 💧 Washing — Thorough washing in clean water to achieve cup clarity
• ☀️ Drying — Careful drying with temperature control to preserve delicate floral notes
• ✅ Sorting — Final quality inspection before milling and export

The washed process at El Mirador highlights Pink Bourbon's extraordinary floral and sweet stone fruit character with exceptional clarity.

THE CUP

A beautifully clean expression of washed Pink Bourbon — delicate florals lead into sweet stone fruit and a gentle citrus acidity, with a long, honeyed finish. This is Pink Bourbon in its most transparent form: elegant, precise, and deeply satisfying.

Flavour Notes

• 🌸 Cherry Blossom
• 🍑 Peach
• 🍊 Navel Orange
• 🍬 Starfruit