Floral, red fruit and juicy; grown by smallholder members of the Monkaaba project in San Agustin, Huila.
About
Coffee Expression Reflects the flavour profile of top Pink Bourbons from southern Huila, with crisp floral aromas, bright red fruit, and a juicy balance.
Producer Produced by smallholder members of the Monkaaba project in San Agustin, Huila.
Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso
Technical Data
Producer Monkaaba Farmers
Region Huila
Altitude 1800 masl
Varietal Pink Bourbon
Process Washed
Harvest August 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.

Monkaaba
Monkaaba was founded in 2020 by Esnaider Ortega Gomez and Didier Ortega. Esnaider formerly worked for a larger exporter, but could see that a greater level of transparency, fairness and commitment was possible in the supply chain. In collaboration with Brendan Adams of Semilla, now Monkaaba’s import partner, they set about building their vision.
San Agustin
Esnaider grew up in a household that valued support, community and collaboration. Monkaaba has been built on these values from the start. His father has always been a coffee producer, but instead of seeing others as competition, he has sought to build a community around coffee production, even helping some of his former pickers with loans to purchase their first land.
Esnaider and Didier started together with a small group of 6 families, basing their operation out of the family home outside of San Agustin, in Southern Huila. Since then, Monkaaba has grown steadily; for the 2025 harvest they worked together with 80 families around San Agustin, and moved into their own bodega in town.
By producers, for producers
Transparency is a key element of Monkaaba. Producers, even those who don’t work with the project, can bring their coffee, cup it blind with the team, and get feedback on how they could improve. Those who work in the bodega are producers themselves, controlling each stage of the process from farm to export, and ensuring everything remains accessible for members of the project. As producers themselves, the Monkaaba team understands the issues and day to day challenges of this work, and aim to support in any way they can.
Washed Pink Bourbon
The Semilla team introduced us to Monkaaba last year, and together we discussed this larger lot for our seasonal selection. We were looking for a high quality Pink Bourbon lot, but needed a volume larger than most smallholder farmers in San Agustin produce. Didier and Esnaider suggested combining the work of several top producers of Pink Bourbon, allowing us to pay micro-lot prices and secure micro-lot quality, at greater volume. The producers were paid far above the local FNC pricing; 3.7 million pesos per carga of parchment, over 1 million pesos above the average FNC price during 2025. This lot therefore reflects the flavour profile of top Pink Bourbons from southern Huila, with crisp floral aromas, bright red fruit, and a juicy balance.
The producers behind this lot are:
Mauricio Montanchez
Augusto Ortega
Angela Yineth Ortega
Wilmer Galindez
Daniel Ortega
Robinson Burbano
German Hoyos
Álvaro Galindez
Didier Hoyos
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