Primary Espresso | Colombia

This iteration of our Primary Espresso comes from Monkaaba, our closest producing partners based in San Agustin, Huila. This is a blend of Pink Bourbon grown between  1750-1850 MASL harvested in January 2026. In the cup we find a background of milk chocolate along with pulpy tropical fruit and sweet orange.

Monkaaba is a collaborative producer led group founded in 2020 by seven smallholder families, led on a daily basis by Esnaider Ortega Gomez and Didier Ortega. They began with the desire to provide community support and open access to sample roasting and cupping sessions so producers could understand the quality of their coffee as well as receive feedback and recommendations on how to improve it. The group has now grown to 60+ families all with the goal to build stable relationships and have agency on where their coffee goes. 

Cherries are harvested at peak ripeness and are then depulped. After being depulped the coffee undergoes a 38-hour dry fermentation. The seeds are then dried for 20 to 25 days under sunlight with a plastic cover to regulate the temperature.