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Colombia

Los Angeles

A complex soft fruit experience is brought about in this Pink Bourbon by María Bercelia Martínez in Acevedo, Huila.


  • The long fermentation of this Pink Bourbon lot brings about complex and ripe soft fruit character, punctuated by a citrus acidity.
  • Coffee expression
    Fruity and Acidic
  • Whole Bean Coffee
    250g (8.8oz) or 1000g (35.3oz)
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Producer María Bercelia Martínez

Minimum resting period Filter 7 days | Espresso 14 days

Brew For all brew methods

María and her husband José have worked in agriculture for the majority of their lives.

Los Angeles

María Bercelia Martínez

We are excited to work with María Bercelia Martínez and her project Finca Los Angeles for the first time. This farm is located just outside the town of Acevedo, in Southern Huila, not far from the big coffee industry centre of Pitalito. María has a long history in agriculture, having grown up in Nariño on a cattle farm. She moved with her husband to Putomayo in the far south of Colombia, and opened a hardware store. However, this was a time of great turmoil in the region, one of the worst affected by guerrilla violence and coca production. The couple were displaced from their house by the violence, and moved to Pitalito to start fresh. They eventually purchased the land that became Los Angeles in 2010, as they had heard that coffee production could be a profitable business. María and José had very little experience with coffee, so were initially aided by the Colombian coffee producing union, the FNC, and now grow coffee on 13.5 hectares. Although mainly planted with Colombia and Caturra, they also have small plots of Pink Bourbon and Geisha. This lot is an example of the former, depulped, fermented for 36 hours and washed. This rather long fermentation leads to a soft and complex fruit profile, with a crisp citrus acidity.

They previously lived in Putomayo, and were heavily affected by the outbreak of violence between guerrilla and paramilitary forces in the region in 1999.

About the region

Huila

Coffees grown in Huila are highly prized in our industry, for several reasons. The mountainous terrain provides high altitudes and varying microclimates, leading to a diverse flavour spectrum throughout the area. Diversity is also encouraged by the large number of small farms, with those averaging between 1 and 3 hectares producing much of the coffee in the region. The small farms here mainly have their own processing facilities, both wet mills, where the coffee is pulped, fermented and washed, and space for drying the coffees. Huila is particularly exciting for speciality coffee due to its plentiful high altitude. The Colombian Andes split into 3 distinct ranges here, the eastern, western and central ‘cordilleras’. This high altitude leads to large day-night swings in temperature, which slows cherry maturation. Further down into the valley between the two cordilleras, lies a large area of jungle. Weather systems carry cool, moist air from the jungle up into the coffee growing lands, further lengthening the cherry maturation. All this leads to very intense, sweet and complex cups, but also to one of the main challenges of producing coffee in this region. The cool temperatures and high level of humidity mean that drying coffee can be a very difficult prospect here.

Technical Data

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Process Method

The washed process involves completely removing both the cherry and the mucilage from the outside of the parchment with the use of friction, fermentation and water. After being harvested, the coffee cherry is then sliced open by either a metal or a sharp plastic blade. The two seeds (also known as beans) are pushed out of the cherry, which leaves the seed with mucilage as their outermost layer. It is essential in the washed process that all mucilage is removed from the seed which leaves only the flavour that developed in the cell structure of the seed prior to processing.

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10100 Bangkok

Thailand

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304 Phahonyothin Road, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai

10400 Bangkok

Thailand

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Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 17:00

Sat - Sun: 08:00 - 17:00

152 2nd Ave

10003 New York

United States

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 7:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 18:00

284 Lafayette St

10012 New York

United States

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 7:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 18:00

Graven 20

8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 8:00 - 18:00

Sun: 9:00 - 17:00

Borggade 4F

8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sun: 7:00 - 17:00

Møntergade 3A

1116 Copenhagen K

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 18:00

Sat - Sun: 9:00 - 17:00

Marguerite Vibys Plads 8

2000 Frederiksberg

Denmark

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 17:00

Sat - Sun: Closed

813 Charoen Krung Rd, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong

10100 Bangkok

Thailand

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 8:00 - 17:00

Sat - Sun: 8:00 - 17:00

304 Phahonyothin Road, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai

10400 Bangkok

Thailand

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 17:00

Sat - Sun: 08:00 - 17:00

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