This coffee is produced by Silvia Ordoñez, a 19-year-old producer from Las Chinas, San Augustin, Colombia. The coffee is Pink Bourbon variety grown at 1860 meters above sea level on a 0.25 hectare plot. The beans are washed processed. Flavor profile features raspberry jam, cherry, and tootsie roll notes with jammy red fruits and a densely sweet base characteristic of the Pink Bourbon variety. The coffee is part of the Monkaaba initiative supporting smallholder producers in San Augustin.
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.
