This Bourbon Ají lot has a rich and lush flavour profile of vanilla, ripe berries and sugar cane.
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Coffee Expression This Bourbon Ají lot has a rich and lush flavour profile of vanilla, ripe berries and sugar cane.
Producer We have worked with Luis through our shared connection with LaREB for several years.
Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso
Technical Data
Producer Luis Edgar Camacho
Region Huila
Altitude 1800 masl
Varietal Bourbon Ají
Process Washed
Harvest October 2025
Brewing Advice
Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm.
Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.
We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.
Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.

Luis Edgar Camacho
Luis grows coffee near Palestina, in the Huila region. He has been working in coffee for many years, and has been part of the strong drive for quality and experimentation in Huila over the past 10 years. Luis grows Geisha, Pink Bourbon, Caturra and Bourbon Fragrancia, and has experimented with processing over the past few years. Luis’ mother also has some larger plots where she grows Pink Bourbon and varietal Colombia, which Luis helps her to process and sell to larger exporting companies.
LaREB
Luis’ flagship coffees come from his own farm, and LaREB have been very impressed by his professionalism over the past few seasons. The portfolio of samples he delivers each year are carefully organised, with lots of detailed processing information available. This collaboration has been fruitful, Luis and LaREB have been honing in on the profiles that work best, working towards a selection for each coming harvest. We have expanded our selection for this year, with several small lots from Luis that are new to the La Cabra selection. This lot is from a new plot of Bourbon ‘Ají’, or ‘Chilli Bourbon’. Ají was discovered in the area around Brucelas, named for the slight burning sensation when its cherries are eaten or touched, similar to a chilli pepper.
Washed Bourbon Ají
For this Bourbon Ají lot, ripe cherries are first fermented in open tanks for 24 hours, before being rinsed and fermented again in sealed tanks for 48 hours. The cherries are then de-pulped before a final fermentation in sealed tanks for 96 hours. Water is added to this final fermentation, slowing the temperature rise for a slow and controlled fermentation. After these three stages of fermentation, the parchment coffee is washed thoroughly and dried in solar driers over 20 to 25 days. This leads to a rich and lush flavour profile of vanilla, ripe berries and sugar cane. The highlight is the complex floral and herbal aromatic profile, typical of many of the Ethiopian heirloom-derived varietals we find in Latin America, followed up by a juicy acidity and creamy body.
Huila
Luis grows coffee near the town of Palestina in southern Huila, one of the most renowned growing regions in Colombia. Huila’s volcanic soils, undisturbed by the intensive agriculture seen further north, are full of nutrition, and alongside high altitude, lead to excellent conditions for producing high quality coffees. We also see a great number of driven and agile small farmers here, many of whom have family history in coffee, but haven’t necessarily been working on the same large industrialised farms for generations, like we see in more established coffee regions. This leads to a willingness to experiment, to innovate, and create lots that fulfil ever changing needs in the speciality coffee market. One example of this is Pink Bourbon, an Ethiopian heirloom varietal re-discovered in Huila, an exotic varietal that exhibits crisp and clean aromatic character, often with floral and tropical elements.
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