Shoebox - Marlon Bolaños - Aji - Washed - Colombia 125g

Region: Huila, Colombia 

Producer: The Three Coffee Farmers // Marlon Bolaños

Varietal: Aji

Process: Washed

Tasting notes: Golden kiwi, spearmint, orange blossom
Producer info and cup notes: 

Marlon Bolaños's project "The Three Coffee Farmers" produces some of the highest quality we have ever seen from Huila. Despite growing up in a coffee producing family, it wasn't until the age of 17 that Marlon took an interest in it, signing himself up for a Barista education course at SENA where he learned brewing, green coffee grading, and sensory analysis. Upon returning from that course, Marlon began planting differentiated varietals like pink bourbon, gesha, and chiroso while experimenting with new fermentation techniques on each subsequent harvest. Flash forward to today, and the farm is now owned by Marlon and his 2 brothers, Pedro and Hemerson. Marlon is responsible for quality control, fermentation protocols, sampling and part of the logistics operations. Marlon has also competed and won in several barista and brewing competitions over the last several years, taking spring water from his family's farm for brewing. It's especially suited for coffee due to the natural trace mineral composition, and now coveted by peers after earning the name "Champion's Water." For this Aji lot, Marlon set his intentions on an extremely clean processing profile with minimal intervention to highlight the incredible florals and herbality that this coffee has to offer. After being depulped and floated for defects, this coffee underwent only 12 hours of fermentation in open tanks before being dried for 10-15 days.
In the cup, this cleanliness shows through beautifully, offering an immense clarity of botanicals and herbality alongside punchy fruits for balance. While hot, we find golden kiwi and granny smith apple acidity brightly showing out before it cools into a herbal and floral fusion of spearmint and orange blossom. 
Source: Unblended Coffee