Bourbon Aruzi.
Counted by the box. Released one lot at a time.
Bourbon Aruzi
Everything the house knows about this lot, from the hillside to the bag.
- Lot
- OV-26-006
- Variety
- Bourbon Aruzi
- Selection
- Rare beans
- Process
- Anaerobic natural
- The millTwo mills handle a lot. The wet mill on the farm depulps, ferments and dries. The dry mill near the port hulls, sorts and grades for export.More →
- 96 hours of anaerobic fermentation
- DepartmentColombia's thirty-two regions. Huila, Cauca and Antioquia are departments. A lot record names the department first, then the municipality, then the vereda.More →
- Huila
- MunicipalityThe town and the land around it, one tier below the department. Gigante and Pitalito are municipalities of Huila.More →
- Gigante
- Grower
- Alexis Silva
- Altitude
- 1,700 m
- Cup scoreA score out of 100 on the SCA cupping form. Specialty begins at 80. On a lot record the score always names who cupped it: the exporter, the house or a Q grader.More →
- 85 · Exporter's cupping
- PackingHow a lot is sealed for the voyage: a hermetic liner or vacuum pack inside the box, which keeps air and moisture off the green coffee.More →
- Confirmed with each lot
- Status
- Proposed for the first shipment.
Alpine Imports Limited trading as Oro Verde.
A growing town in central Huila, on the slopes above the Magdalena river. Warm days, cool nights and altitude around 1,500 to 1,900 m.
Bourbon Aruzi appears in the house sourcing book among the smallest releases. It is a regional selection rather than a registered variety, and the Lot recordThe house's own account of a lot: ground, grower, process, harvest, score and who scored it. A record kept by the house, not an independent grading.More → says so, because uncertain claims do not survive there.
The house brings it in By commissionBought to order against a deposit, not held in New Zealand.More →, counted and assigned before it leaves origin.
More on Bourbon Aruzi →Ask about this lot.
Email Gio with roughly how many kilos you'd like, or ask for a 200 g sample. No account and no commitment. What roasters ask for decides what comes in on the first shipment.
Or write to info@alpineimports.co.nz. I reply within a working day.

