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Jose Bolaños Reserve Blend
Specs
Producers Jose Joaquin Bolaños
Region San Agustin, Huila, Colombia
Harvest Spring-Summer 2025
Varieties 90% Gesha + Sidra and Pink Bourbon
Process Double Fermented Washed
Altitude 1,780 masl
Importer Osito
Jose Bolaños
Producer Profile
Jose Joaquin Bolaños is a second-generation coffee farmer who owns and operates his farm, Finca Villa Sofia in the town of Llanada del Naranjo, in San Agustin, Huila. At Villa Sofia he grows Gesha, Pink Bourbon, and Sidra. This lot is made up of all three varieties, but is 90% Gesha. The farm sits at 1,780 mas. During the main harvest season between October and December, he hires up to eight local pickers. Jose applied a double fermentation to this lot. The cherries were fermented for 60 hours before being de-pulped and then dry fermented for another 40 hours. He carefully dried the lot in his greenhouse style dryer on raised beds for roughly 15-20
Brewing Jose Bolaños
Recommended Use: FILTER
Where to Grind: Start at a medium-coarse setting within our recommended grind range*
*Refer to our Grind & Brew Guide for recipes and grind setting ranges tailored to specific grinders and brewers.
Huila, Colombia
Of the many growing regions in Colombia, the mountainous department of Huila in the south west of the country grows the most coffee. Huila enjoys a wide diversity of micro-climates, temperatures, altitudes and coffee varieties. In fact, coffee is grown in 35 of Huila's 37 municipalities. All of this means that the coffee coming out of this region is as diverse as the variables that influence its production.
Gesha
The famed and highly sought-after Gesha variety is originally from Ethiopia. It was transported to Latin America in the 1950s where it was noted for its tolerance to leaf rust. In 2005, the variety was "rediscovered" when it won that year's Best of Panama competition. Since then, it has gone on to break price records at auction year after year and has been planted by farmers across Latin America in hopes of securing high prices.
The variety itself is highly demanding, and it requires high elevations in order to really deliver the exceptional floral, jasmine and stone fruit cup characteristics it is so famous for. There are actually a number of genetically distinct varieties that carry the name Gesha, and most have been traced back to Landraces from the same geographic area in Ethiopia.
Double Fermented Washed
Unlike a traditional washed process where the coffee is pulped shortly after picking, this lot was fermented whole cherry for 60 hours prior to depulping. It was then dry fermented for another 40 hours before drying on raised beds.