09/05/2026
Meet producer Leidy Yohana Bastidas 💫
Our newest coffee release comes from a producer we spent a lot of time with on our trip to Colombia in July.
Yohana produces this coffee at Finca Bella Rosa, in Vereda La Cristalina, Pitalito, Huila, at 1,650 metres. 🌄 She inherited the farm from her mother, Rosalba, and named it in her honor, growing 2,000 Pink Bourbon trees over the past three years.
Yohana also works as a coffee quality analyst at Sensory Cafe, an independent lab in Pitalito, evaluating samples and running sensory analysis for producers across the region, and has over eight years of experience in the coffee industry. ☕ The first half of our Colombia trip was based there, where we spent time cupping coffees and learning from her alongside our farm visits together. Kristin even practiced her Spanish with Yohana on the drives out to the farms. 🚗🇨🇴
Since Bella Rosa lacks its own processing infrastructure, Yohana transports her cherries by motorcycle to a nearby farm, where they undergo 70 hours of oxidation, are depulped, fermented dry for 36 hours, washed with local spring water, and dried for 20 days under a marquesina. 🏍️💧
After learning about these infrastructure limitations, we committed to funding processing equipment to support her work directly.
This is a small lot, she produces just seven 70kg bags exported per year. This is a truly lovely coffee that tastes like mandarin orange, white grape, jasmine, and honey. 🍊🍇🌼🍯
