Alirio and his wife Anayibe Ortiz are members of Los Guacharos, and they are no strangers to the Small Batch off er list. Alirio has worked hard to specialize in more adventurous varieties- his farm has pink bourbon, bourbon aji, caturra, sidra, chiroso, pacas, ombligón, red bourbon, colombia amarillo, and caturrón varieties, and he and Anayibe just planted laurina and wush wush- and they’re planning to plant sudan. Bourbon Ají is a relatively new coffee variety that is actually not Bourbon but an Ethiopian landrace variety. It was first “discovered” and more widely produced near the town of Bruselas, Huila. “Ají” means “chilli” and the coffee was dubbed that because the coffee cherries are long and slightly chile-shaped and ripen to a similar colour. The coffee can also have a subtle spicy character, plus high sweetness and complexity. PRICING TRANSPARENCY: We purchase parchment coffee directly from Los Guacharos members, and pesos are transferred straight to the association’s bank account upon receipt of parchment at our chosen mill. We pay for transport from Bruselas to the dry mill. We paid Alirio Munoz $4,200,000 pesos per carga (125 kilos of parchment coffee, this is the unit farmers sell their coffee in) for these lots. For context, here is a link to the daily carga market price: https://www.federaciondecafeteros.org/static/files/precio_cafe.pdf