Jonathan Ruiz works with the Monkaaba community of smallholders, who successfully advocate for stable, fair prices for their coffees. Having spent much of his life embroiled with an outlaw group, Ruiz is new to the world of specialty coffee - but the quality of this lot speaks for itself.
Pink Bourbon is an Ethiopian landrace variety and therefore shares the sweetness and tropical fruit acidity of many Ethiopian coffees. Ruiz’s coffee balances syrupy caramelized notes with dried fruit, offering a cup that has something for everyone.
We Taste: Caramel, Raisin, Honeydew, Syrupy
Country: Colombia
Region: San Agustin
Process: Washed
Lot name: Pink Bourbon
Producer: Jonathan Ruiz
Varietal: Pink Bourbon
Elevation: 1630
Harvest Date: January 2025
Farmgate price: COP$3,400,000 per carga parchment
National farmgate price (avg.): COP$2,900,000 per carga
FOB Price: $4.73 USD/lb
Our Price: $7.22 USD/lb
Quantity Purchased: 3 × 70kgs
“He only completed second grade at the school in the Villa Fátima neighbourhood, fulfilling his school duties and helping his parents with the sugarcane and corn fields in his free time. The work was hard and exhausting; they only worked to eat, and due to the impulses of his youth, he embarked on a complex, difficult, and violent path within an outlaw group, where he remained for more than 15 years. It was a very difficult period in his life, where the strategic military and political training of these groups was maintained in order to survive.
After the signing of the peace agreement, many members took the opportunity to reintegrate into civilian life. At 29, Jonathan accepted asylum and chose to return home in search of new opportunities. After years of living outside the mainstream and relying on government benefits, he decided to complete his primary and secondary education and pursue a technical degree in avocado and coffee production at SENA (National Technical Learning Service). While studying, he also worked on his parents' coffee farms and those of his neighbors.
An opportunity arose to purchase a small 1-hectare plot of land in the Villa Fátima area, but they had no money. His friend Orlando helped him get a bank loan, and Jonathan and his wife went into debt to own this plot….
Jonathan's journey in coffee is still in its early stages; he has been working in the industry for just over eight years and has recently ventured into specialty coffee with his first exportable microlot in 2024. He is very grateful for the new opportunities that life has presented him in the coffee world.”
-Semilla
Jonathan Ruiz works with the Monkaaba community of smallholders, who successfully advocate for stable, fair prices for their coffees. Having spent much of his life embroiled with an outlaw group, Ruiz is new to the world of specialty coffee - but the quality of this lot speaks for itself.
Pink Bourbon is an Ethiopian landrace variety and therefore shares the sweetness and tropical fruit acidity of many Ethiopian coffees. Ruiz’s coffee balances syrupy caramelized notes with dried fruit, offering a cup that has something for everyone.
We Taste: Caramel, Raisin, Honeydew, Syrupy
Country: Colombia
Region: San Agustin
Process: Washed
Lot name: Pink Bourbon
Producer: Jonathan Ruiz
Varietal: Pink Bourbon
Elevation: 1630
Harvest Date: January 2025
Farmgate price: COP$3,400,000 per carga parchment
National farmgate price (avg.): COP$2,900,000 per carga
FOB Price: $4.73 USD/lb
Our Price: $7.22 USD/lb
Quantity Purchased: 3 × 70kgs
“He only completed second grade at the school in the Villa Fátima neighbourhood, fulfilling his school duties and helping his parents with the sugarcane and corn fields in his free time. The work was hard and exhausting; they only worked to eat, and due to the impulses of his youth, he embarked on a complex, difficult, and violent path within an outlaw group, where he remained for more than 15 years. It was a very difficult period in his life, where the strategic military and political training of these groups was maintained in order to survive.
After the signing of the peace agreement, many members took the opportunity to reintegrate into civilian life. At 29, Jonathan accepted asylum and chose to return home in search of new opportunities. After years of living outside the mainstream and relying on government benefits, he decided to complete his primary and secondary education and pursue a technical degree in avocado and coffee production at SENA (National Technical Learning Service). While studying, he also worked on his parents' coffee farms and those of his neighbors.
An opportunity arose to purchase a small 1-hectare plot of land in the Villa Fátima area, but they had no money. His friend Orlando helped him get a bank loan, and Jonathan and his wife went into debt to own this plot….
Jonathan's journey in coffee is still in its early stages; he has been working in the industry for just over eight years and has recently ventured into specialty coffee with his first exportable microlot in 2024. He is very grateful for the new opportunities that life has presented him in the coffee world.”
-Semilla
