IN THE CUP

A sweet, vibrant Colombian profile:

• Blackberry jam
• White chocolate
• Juicy, Sweet and vibrant

A bright, juicy cup with jammy fruit and smooth white chocolate sweetness - vibrant and moreish.

Farm Info

El Roble, Huila, Colombia · Tabi · Washed

Don Javier runs a small farm of 1,100 Tabi trees in El Roble, alongside his wife, where they process the cherry all the way down to dry parchment and sell to the specialty market under Javier’s own name. 

It’s the result of a lifetime in coffee. Born and raised in nearby San Agustín, the sixth of eleven siblings, Javier worked the land with his father and siblings from a young age, learning the craft early, though, like many young people in hard labour, he felt it more as duty than calling. At seventeen he sought his independence on neighbouring farms, never fully leaving coffee behind. His first farm began with 500 Típica trees, all lost to a landslide, undeterred, he replanted with 1,000 Caturra, cementing his path toward growing coffee on his own terms. Back then he sold soaked cherry to local buyers, carrying it down the mountainside on horseback, this was before specialty coffee, when most was simply traded as a commodity.

The Relationship

Now 62, Javier sells his coffee at a fair price to the specialty market under his own name, a long way from those early days on horseback. Following in his footsteps, his children Carolina and Julián grow coffee too, working directly with Monkaaba and carrying the Burbano name into the next generation.