Didier Ortega

Overview  It’s an honor to roast and serve for the fifth consecutive season, another stunning showcase of the Pink Bourbon variety from Didier Ortega in San Agustín, Colombia.  We were connected to Didier in 2021 through Semilla Coffee and Esnaider Ortega Gomez (of one of our perennial favorite offerings, Familia Ortega Gomez).  In the past few years, Esnaider’s vision has evolved into a new collective of coffee growers in the San Agustín area, called Monkaaba (more info on Monkaaba in the Relationship section!). Made up of mostly close friends and family for now, the producer group is working exclusively with Semilla, who are paying some of the highest prices for coffee in all of Colombia.  A note from Didier: “For me, the dedication, love and passion for specialty coffee is relatively recent. On the farm, there has always been coffee. I've worked in it, however I left home to travel, study and work in other areas.  The 20th of June 2020 was an important date; we could say one that ha