Cata Project El Diviso & Las Flores, Huila, Colombia

Passion fruit, cherry, white chocolate. Very sweet and exotic cup profile with creamy texture and outstanding aroma.

Only several months ago we began planning for our next seasonal house espresso and we approached our good friends at Cata Export. The request was simple – we wanted something outstanding that works well as espresso and with milk and that has an amazing sweetness, aroma and texture. A week later Cata sent us some samples and one of them instantly stood out on the cupping table and this was exactly this lot! We then contacted Cata immediately and contracted the entire lot with having in mind the real potential for working towards this project in future and continuing developing our relationship further, which now has become more of a good friendship. This particular lot is made up of 100% Pink Bourbon cultivar produced by school mates and good friends Nestor Lasso (El Diviso) & Jhoan Vergara (Las Flores) in Huila, Colombia. The Pink Bourbon cherries are firstly oxidised for 24hrs under complete Aerobic environment and then are taken into sealed tanks for an extended Anaerobic fermentation for 180hrs. And finally the cherries are moved on to drying tables for slow drying up to 2-3 weeks. The results are amazing and we are incredibly proud to be taking part of this project we called “Cata Project” and we cannot wait to visit El Diviso & Las Flores again soon and continue to grow together our special relationship for years to come.

Cata Natural Pink Bourbon is created exclusively for Sweven, we select the best batches that can complement each other. Our team of selectors manually separate grain by grain to obtain a unique and particular blend aimed at special customers. At Cata Export we design our own grinding processes, this is really very important and exclusive, since in Colombia producers do not usually do it and much is unknown about this subject, we also have equipment for pixel selection, density selection, selection of meshes and manual selection, thus reducing the waste of high-quality coffee and also ensuring that we offer something unique to our customers in Europe. All the selected coffees have almost the same profile in the cup, they are coffees with very fruity round profiles, which, unlike the other coffees that we export from mesh 15 onwards, this Blend can fall in mesh 13 and mesh 14 and taking into account that they are very sweet and that their complexity when exporting is high due to their size, likewise we offer the option that if any client requires us to do this work, we do it especially for him. Award winning farms such as El Diviso and Las Flores in the department of Huila, with their clean agriculture and post-harvest fermentation protocols, are the ones who participate in this process, being specialists in red bourbon, pink bourbon and yellow bourbon, achieving good control of extended fermentation and they have known how to standardise their drying processes very well, taking into account that this is a very complex step due to the level of rainfall in Colombia. They are also very simple processes that can easily be replicated in other coffee-producing farms.

Shipping 

We use Evri for all our deliveries in the UK and also internationally.

All orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days (excluding weekends and holidays) after receiving your order confirmation email. You will receive another notification when your order has shipped. 

Shipping charges for your order will be calculated and displayed at checkout. 

In-store pickup

You can skip the shipping fees with free local pickup at our cafe in Leicester. After placing your order and selecting local pickup at checkout, your order will be prepared and ready for pick up within 1 to 2 business days. We will send you an email when your order is ready along with instructions. 

Our in-store pickup hours are 9:00 - 16:00 every day. Please have your order confirmation email with you when you come.

Refunds, returns, and exchanges

We accept returns up to 14 days after delivery, if the item is unused and in its original condition, and we will refund the full order amount minus the shipping costs for the return. 

In the event that your order arrives damaged in any way, please email us as soon as possible at iqbal@thecoffeeobsessive.com with your order number and a photo of the item’s condition. We address these on a case-by-case basis but will try our best to work towards a satisfactory solution.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at iqbal@thecoffeeobsessive.com.