Tamana Bourbon - Colombia, Tim Wendelboe | 250g

A sweet and winey coffee with notes of flowers and red fruits.

Cultivar: Bourbon, Pink Bourbon (Ethiopian)

Flavour notes: Winey, red fruits & floral

Producer: Elias Roa & Bellanid Sanchez
Country: Colombia
Region: El Pital, Huila
Process: Washed
Harvest date: May - June 2025

Bourbon is one of the most genetically important C. arabica cultivars in the world as many newer cultivars like Caturra, Mundo Novo, Villa Sarchi and Pacas descend from Bourbon. It was introduced from Reunion Island (former Bourbon Island) to Brazil around 1860 and quickly spread all over Central- and South-America.

Bourbon is a tall plant with low yields but has potential to produce very high quality coffee. Unfortunately it is susceptible to leaf rust which is part of the reason why most Bourbon trees in Colombia and other countries have been replaced with the Bourbon dwarf mutation Caturra and later with resistant hybrid cultivars like Castillo and Variedad Colombia.

Pink Bourbon is actually genetically close to Ethiopian cultivars and has little to do with the classic Bourbon cultivar commonly grown in Latin-America. You might say the name is misleading and some coffee people prefer to call it "Rosado" instead. The cherries are pink and cup profile is normally fruity and floral. The trees seem to be more tolerant to leaf rust.