This coffee from producer Diva María Monje is grown in Suaza, Huila, Colombia at 1,690 meters altitude. The Ají variety is washed processed and placed 3rd in the Central Region of the 2024 Copa de Oro competition. The variety is known for vibrant fruit character, with flavor notes of cherry, pink starburst, and chocolate. This is a unique Colombian variety that stands out among rare cultivars like Pink Bourbon and Gesha.
Vivid Coffee was founded in 2015 by Ian Bailey in Winooski, Vermont, initially roasting on a five kilo machine in the back of a local ice cream parlor. Bailey built the company around direct relationships with small farms, in some cases purchasing entire harvests year after year to provide producers with stability and predictability. The roasting style is clean and precise, designed to let each coffee's terroir speak without interference. Vivid's sourcing framework is values driven, shaped by the realities of climate change, coffee plant disease, and the global coffee price crisis that affect the producers it works with.
