COLOMBIA FINCA EL PLACER - FILTER

Finca El Placer, owned and operated by Jesús Arbey Iquira, is a distinguished coffee farm located in the Acevedo municipality of Huila, Colombia. Situated at elevations ranging from 1,700 to 1,800 meters above sea level, the farm benefits from the region's fertile soils and favorable microclimate, ideal for cultivating specialty coffee.

Jesús Arbey Iquira is a dedicated coffee producer who employs meticulous farming practices to ensure the highest quality beans. His commitment to excellence is evident in the careful selection of coffee varieties and processing methods used on the farm. He has developed meticulous processing methods over the years that can give his coffees very unique profiles.

In general, the ripest cherries are selected for natural processing, they are often hand sorted or float-sorted, cleaned, and placed on raised beds in a covered area to dry for at least a two-week period. The high humidity and rainy climates across Colombia do add to the challenging of achieving a high-quality naturally-processed coffee; but, when it is done properly and the coffee is moved consistently throughout the curing process, we find the resulting cup profile to be exquisite. 

Pink Bourbon: Cultivated from hybridization of Red and Yellow Bourbon. It's very rare, but the producers say it is quite resistant to rust. Pink and Orange Bourbons are very difficult to produce with consistency. The recessive genes leading to the expression of these colors are easily thwarted by the presence of yellow and red genes in a given pollen grain. A carefully isolated and contained lot can do quite well and preserve the unique color and character of this variety, though this is quite hard to find.