Oscar Restrepo (Pink Bourbon) - Colombia

by Monastery Coffee

Raw Sugar, Pomelo and Apple BlossomFarm: La DivisaProducer: Oscar RestrepoCountry: ColombiaRegion: RisaraldaElevation: 1,780 maslVariety: Pink BourbonProcessing: NaturalSourced Through: HarvestTown Coffee---Oscar is a 3rd generation coffee grower who took the management of the family farm several years ago while he was studying agronomy at university.Oscar has always been passionate about all coffee process and he saw an opportunity to start experimenting unconventional processing methods for his coffee since at that stage most of Colombian coffee was washed and not many farmers were keen to try different methods.Ever since Oscar has been focusing on the Natural process for selected micro lots of the harvests, achieving cupping scores above 86 points on the SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) scale and producing very complex and exceptional coffees with fruity and winey notes accompanied by medium acidity and body.Harvest period:October – JanuaryApril - JunePicking:The hand-picking is d