El Mirador
El Mirador
Limited release
250 g bag · Whole bean or ground to order
Tasting notes
Balanced cup with vibrant acidity and a silky body, with sweet floral aromas, notes of cacao, and a warm maple syrup finish.
Where it comes from
| Current lot | El Mirador · micro-lot |
| Producer | Edy Martínez |
| Region | Nariño, Colombia |
| Altitude | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
| Variety | Pink Bourbon |
| Process | Semi-washed (honey) |
| Roast | Light |
| SCA score | 87+ points |
| Roasted at | 318 Main St, Northborough, MA 01532 |
Why it's different
Pink Bourbon is an uncommon variety, and that's where it starts: a sweetness and a floral side you won't find in the other two. Then it's honey processed — some of the fruit is left on the bean while it dries — and that's what gives the cup its silky body and the warm maple syrup finish. We roast it light so none of that gets buried.
Brew this one by hand. It isn't for the machine you reach for on a weekday morning.
Who grew it
Edy wasn't taught coffee. She was taught to run a house. She learned to grow it as an adult — her husband, Erney, taught her. Twenty-two years later, this is her Pink Bourbon lot: the most distinctive of the three.
The coffee reaches us through our partner Arango Specialty Coffee. We don't buy it straight from the farm, but we know who grew it, and we pass that on to you.
Grind
We grind the moment we pack. For this one we'd go medium and pour-over: that's where it shows most. If you're not going to use it within a few days, order it whole bean — it keeps much better.
Freshness
We roast weekly. Every bag is packed and shipped within 48 hours of the roast, and orders placed through Saturday go out on that week's roast. You don't have to take our word for it — the roast date is printed on every bag.
Shipping and returns
Orders over $50 ship free within the continental United States. Below that, we work it out at checkout from your address and charge it at cost — we don't mark up shipping.
Something wrong with your order? Read our refund policy.
Product details
Roasted coffee, whole bean or ground. Net weight 250 g (8.8 oz). Grown in Colombia, roasted in the United States. Distributed by Ruta 2 LLC, Auburn, MA 01501.
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