This coffee is a rare Pink Bourbon variety cultivated by Alexander Vargas on his farm La Piragua in Huila, Colombia at 1,820 meters altitude. It is a washed processed coffee that placed 22nd in the prestigious 2020 Colombia Cup of Excellence. The coffee offers delicate floral notes followed by strawberry sweetness, bright guava acidity, and a panela sugar finish. It has a lighter body and is described as complex, sweet, and floral, ideal for pour over brewing methods.
Juan and Jayne, a husband and wife team, founded Carnival Coffee Roasters in 2019 in Penge, south east London, after a conversation in a local pub. The connection to coffee is deeply personal: Juan's grandfather won a mountain in Medellin, Colombia, in a card game, and the family has grown coffee on it ever since. The roasting runs on a Loring air roaster visible to customers on roasting days, and the sourcing emphasizes relationship coffee from Colombia, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. All packaging is designed by Penge based artist Rosie Lovelock, with unique mask illustrations inspired by the carnival theme. The operation extends into collaborations with local breweries on specialty coffee beers and cycle deliveries across south east London.
