Honduras El Pedrero - Washed Process Pink Bourbon
Summary
Single-origin washed Pink Bourbon from Finca El Pedrero in Tierra Colorada, La Paz, Honduras, grown at 1,780 masl by Carlos Ernelio Ortiz (Don Nelo) and his family. Hand-picked cherries are depulped, fermented 8–12 hours in concrete tanks, washed, and slow-dried on patios for 10–13 days. Light roast with notes of orange honey cake, powdered sugar, soft citrus, and Kinder Bueno.
Espresso
- Time
- 25 s
- Temperature
- 93°C
Rest longer. Adjust based on roast level and density. These coffees often open up at slightly higher extraction.
Filter
- Coffee in
- 21.5 g
Grind: Medium-fine
- 1.Bloom with 2–3x coffee weight (45–60g for 21.5g dose).
- 2.Wait for the 60-second bloom. (1:00)
- 3.Perform 2–3 controlled center-out pours.
- 4.Avoid heavy swirling or stirring.
- 5.Let it draw down naturally with a light rattle after the last pour.
Use soft water (30–80 ppm, moderate alkalinity, balanced calcium/magnesium). Aim for extraction yield 20–23%, TDS 1.35–1.55.
Published by the roaster for this coffee. Treat it as a starting point — your grinder, water and machine will want their own tweaks.
Details
- Format
- Bean
- Roast profile
- Omniroast
- Decaffeinated
- No
- Producer
- Carlos Ernelio Ortiz
- Altitude
- 1780 m.a.s.l
- Variety
- Pink Bourbon
- Notes
- Chocolate, Powdered Sugar, Orange
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