This washed Colombian coffee comes from Bruselas in Huila region at 1650-1720 meters altitude. The Pacas variety was grown by Alirio Muñoz and his wife Anayibe, members of Los Guacharos—a collective transitioning toward biodynamic, organic agriculture. The coffee is fruit-forward and floral with strawberry, pomegranate, and rosewater notes. Processing includes flotation sorting, 30-hour in-cherry fermentation, depulping into sealed containers for 26 hours, open tank fermentation for 6-8 hours, then washing and drying on covered raised beds.
Bow Smith, Holden Curran, and Jessi Lee Cord launched Rowan Coffee in October 2020 as a mobile espresso operation in Asheville, North Carolina, growing quickly into a permanent home. Bow brings nearly a decade of barista, roasting, and management experience, and began roasting in house in January 2023 on a 15 kilo Mill City Roasters machine. Rowan centers mainly on washed process coffees, prizing clarity and complexity, with green beans sourced from specialty importers including Semilla, Osito, Red Fox Coffee Merchants, and The Coffee Quest. Everything is roasted to order on Tuesdays and shipped the following day. The approach is deliberate and seasonal, letting each coffee speak to where and how it was grown.
