Colectivo | José Burbano

For the third time on our menu, we are happy to present Jose Burbano's coffee!

We present this coffee under the Colectivo label. The coffees represented under this label come from the Monkaaba collective in the San Augustin region of Colombia. It is producer Esnaider Ortega-Gomez who leads this program. He offers producers in the region access to the specialty market and aims to deepen their knowledge, quality, and profitability of their product through educational support. The Café Pista team is proud to feature this magnificent coffee for the third time and to continue encouraging the sale of this exceptional product, allowing producers like Jose to share their passionate work in the specialty market. We owe this collaboration with the Monkaaba collective to our partner Semilla Coffee.

This coffee comes from San Augustin and is cultivated by Jose Burbano. Jose's dedication to his craft as a coffee producer is a wonderful example of passion. From the age of 12, he has been walking through the coffee fields alongside his producer parents. At 18, he took charge of his first harvest. Today, despite the increased challenges, including rising production costs and the lack of a real increase in purchase prices, Jose remains a committed producer, passionate about his work. His participation in the Monkaaba collective allows him to sell part of his harvest in micro-lots at much higher prices, an opportunity that delights him. To our great pleasure, we have the honor of working with him again. 

Cultivated at an altitude of about 1800 meters, this coffee is made from the Bourbon rose variety. It is picked at full ripeness and sorted by flotation, then manually, to remove cherries that are overripe or underripe. After mechanical depulping, it is immersed in water for 72 hours, then passed under a stream of water to eliminate the remaining mucilage, before being slowly dried on raised beds for 21 to 29 days. Its delicate profile and medium roast make it an ideal option for espresso or filter.