Light Roast - Finca La Piragua - Natural Red Stripe Bourbon - Colombia
Light Roast - Finca La Piragua - Natural Red Stripe Bourbon - Colombia
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Light/Ultralight
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Fruity, Floral
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
Whether a coffee is a single origin (from one farm, region, or country) or a blend (multiple origins combined).
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Tropical, Stone Fruit, Berry, Floral
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Colombia
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Anaerobic
Whole Bean
Roast: Light
Recommended Rest: 2-3 weeks from roast date
Tasting Notes: papaya, cherry cola, black currant, rosehips
Origin Details
Region: Acevedo, Huila
Elevation: 1600-1800masl
Producer: Alexander Vargas
Process: Anaerobic Natural
Variety: Red Stripe Bourbon
ABOUT THIS COFFEE AND PRODUCER
Alexander Vargas began working in coffee at 15, following his parents, and shifted his focus to specialty production in his early twenties. Over more than 20 years, he has refined his craft at La Piragua farm, experimenting with varieties like geisha and pink bourbon and advanced processes such as anaerobic fermentation, earning multiple Cup of Excellence nominations.
He maintains a lab on the farm to cup and evaluate his coffees and has diversified with crops like dragon fruit to support year-round productivity. Deeply committed to both tradition and innovation, Alexander continues to push quality forward while mentoring younger producers and building a lasting legacy through his work.
This lot was fermented in barrels with airtight seals for 60 hours. It was then processed as a natural and dried in drying sheds for 18 days.
WHY WE SELECTED THIS COFFEE
This is our first collaboration with Sheldon from the legendary SWORKSDESIGN. From the start, we wanted to find a coffee that could be pushed in multiple directions, especially when paired with the best of the best espresso and pourover tools Sworksdesign is known for.
After tasting through a large number of options together, we landed on a coffee that had both depth of fruit flavor and a texture that was thick enough for the types of espresso Sheldon prefers. This anaerobic natural red stripe bourbon from La Piragua stood out for its vibrant cherry liquor character and naturally creamy texture, while still having the weight to support a darker roast.
We leaned into that range by showing off this coffee at two absolute extreme ends of the spectrum. For the darker profile, we pushed further than we have before, building a fuller body and a cocoa-like bitterness while holding onto that core cherry and winey quality. On the lighter side, we focused on clarity and balance, roasting it to keep just enough of the fermentation character to bring out its tropical papaya qualities which ended up making it a very light roast.
It’s definitely a fun collaboration that pushed us to show off a single coffee in more ways than we ever have before. And brewing these coffees using Sworksdesign gear on the Sprowagon has been a real treat that shows the true joy of sharing coffees and brewing with others around you. We hope you give these coffees a try.
