Colombia Juan Jimenez Pink Bourbon - Cafe Only

Juan is a second-generation farmer who has been cultivating coffee for over 40 years on his 16-hectare farm, El Porvenir, in Palestina, Huila. His expertise and early investment in the Pink Bourbon cultivar have earned him recognition and awards within the specialty coffee community. We have been purchasing his coffee for years, which will come at no surprise after tasting this microlot with its structured acidities and pungent notes of sweet lemon and grapefruit.

Onyx Coffee Lab is known for sourcing expressive, traceable lots, and this offering from producer Juan Jimenez comes from Palestina, Huila — a region widely regarded as one of Colombia's most celebrated growing areas. Pink Bourbon is a varietal that has drawn considerable attention for its potential clarity and complexity, prized by specialty roasters for the way it can articulate delicate fruit and citrus characteristics when carefully cultivated.

The washed process removes the fruit before drying, a method generally associated with cleaner, brighter cup profiles that let varietal character and terroir speak more directly. This tends to foreground the kind of citrus-leaning qualities — think lemon and grapefruit — that align with what Pink Bourbon is known to express. Exploring these flavors through the coffee flavor wheel can help situate the interplay between bright acidity and sweetness that defines this style.