Penas Blancas, Filter - Colombia

Peñas Blancas brings together a collective of smallholder producers centred around the renowned Vergara, Lasso and Gasca family farms. At the heart of the project is a centralised processing facility that provides producers with access to modern infrastructure, technical training and improved compensation, helping to build a more sustainable future for the region’s coffee growers.

Named after the striking white rock formations overlooking the valley, Peñas Blancas represents both the distinctive character of its terroir and the progress being made by its farming community.

This Yellow Bourbon lot is prized for its exceptional sweetness, vibrant citrus acidity and complex flavours of caramel, vanilla and pear.

The cherries are selectively harvested at full maturity, reaching 22–26° Brix, before undergoing a carefully controlled thermal shock to cleanse the fruit and prepare it for fermentation. A 72-hour anaerobic fermentation is followed by a 24-hour inoculation bath with mosto adding further depth, sweetness and complexity to the cup. The coffee is then dried using a combination of sun and mechanical drying until moisture is stabilised below 11.5%.

The result is a highly expressive coffee that combines the natural sweetness of Yellow Bourbon with the added complexity of an innovative fermentation process.

• Region: Huila
  
• Country: Colombia
• Elevation: 1,750 masl
  
• Variety: Yellow Bourbon
• Process: Natural Anaerobic Thermal Shock

Available in 250g bags.