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231 | Renacer – Pink Bourbon

Producer Rubio Martinez	Description Sweet, molasses, grape, floral
Process Washed, sun-dried	Varietals Pink Bourbon
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,800 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Rubio has been working with coffee for more than 35 years. He began by helping his father on the family farm where he grew up, and later his father gifted him a small piece of land where he established his own farm, Renacer. Throughout his life, Rubio has traveled across different regions of Colombia working as a coffee picker. During these journeys, he used every opportunity to learn about new varietals and farming techniques—knowledge he now applies to his own farm. Deeply passionate about coffee, Rubio is grateful that it has allowed him to provide for his family.

At Renacer, Rubio cultivates 1,200 Pink Bourbon trees. Because his farm is small, he chooses to focus on producing high-end, high-quality coffees. To achieve this, Rubio and his wife, Maria Fany, handle all of the picking and processing themselves, allowing them to maintain careful attention to detail at every step. They harvest only ripe cherries, let them rest overnight, depulp them the next morning, and ferment the coffee for 32 hours. After a light wash to remove floaters, the coffee is dried slowly on raised beds.

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232 | El Plan – Gesha

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Producer Brayan Moncayo	Description Floral, lemongrass, honey, plum
Process Washed, sun-dried	Varietals Gesha
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,900 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Brayan has been working with coffee for more than 10 years. On his farm, El Plan, he cultivates 6,000 Castillo trees and 1,000 Pink Bourbon trees. In 2020, he expanded into exotic varietals by planting 500 Gesha trees. Brayan lives at El Plan with his wife, Marleidy; their young son, Alan; and his father, Luis. Coffee runs deep in his family—both his father and grandfather were coffee growers. Now, three-year-old Alan is already asking to join his father in the fields, just as Brayan once did at his age.

Brayan is committed to pursuing quality over quantity. He plans to continue increasing the share of exotic varietals on his farm, believing that focusing on high-quality coffees will give his family the best chance to thrive. He knows this path requires patience and effort, and he is taking each step thoughtfully and gradually.

Brayan dedicates significant time and care to ensuring the quality of his coffee. He harvests only the ripest cherries, puts them in water to identify and remove floaters, and ferments the cherries for 48 hours before depulping. The coffee then undergoes an additional 72-hour fermentation, followed by a light wash and a slow drying process on raised beds that typically lasts two to three weeks.

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121 | Santa Marta Community Lot

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Producer Various	Description Chocolate, maple syrup, honey
Process Washed	Varietals Castillo, F4
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,900 to 2,100 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Santa Marta is a small coffee farming community located in the Nariño department in the south of Colombia. The average output of every farm per year is about 10 bags of green coffee. Our Community lot is comprised of lots from around 25 small farms located between 1,900 and 2,100 meters above sea level.

After cupping these coffees, we saw an opportunity to work with the community. The coffees showed great complexity and sweetness as well as consistency from farm to farm. We believe that the proximity of these small farms plays a big role in their consistency and uniformity.

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02 | El Porvenir

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Producer Lucido Diaz	Description Sweet, floral, molasses, butter
Process Washed	Varietals Pink bourbon
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,750 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Lucido grew up in Putumayo, a state in the south of Colombia. He has always worked as a farmer and started growing coffee once he settled in La Union, Nariño, Colombia. He considers this a lifetime commitment and prides himself in his work.
We have been working with Lucido for 6 years now. When we started buying coffee from him in 2018, he had Castillo and Colombia varietals. In 2019, Lucido decided to completely replant his farm with 3,000 trees of the varietal Pink Bourbon. This risky undertaking left him without any coffee production for three years while the new trees grew. In 2022, we had the first harvest of his new varietal and it was worth the wait. Not only did the coffee taste great, but Lucido said that pink bourbon is holding better than the previous varietals regarding climate change and new disease that are affecting the coffee trees.

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07 | El Naranjo

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Producer Evelio Bados	Description Sweet, chocolate, stone fruit,
Process Washed	Varietals Castillo, Colombia
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,900 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

El Naranjo began over 38 years ago as just a vision. Evelio invested in an untouched lot and worked very hard to clear the land and eventually plant coffee. He was working double duty during this time as he was also employed at other farms in order to provide for his family. After watching his dream come to fruition, Evelio hopes that his children will continue his legacy and produce coffee at El Naranjo in the future. For this reason, he continues to look for opportunities that will allow for sustainability and improved quality of life. It is important to him that his children and El Naranjo are successful for generations to come.

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