Boo! Modern Coffee Co.
Colombia - Las Perlitas
Colombia - Las Perlitas
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We partnered for the fourth time with our friends from The Coffee Quest to bring you this super nice Las Perlitas, a blend of varieties from different smallholders in Huila, Colombia. This beautifully curated lot brings together exceptional micro-productions of Gesha, Tabi, Caturra, and Red Bourbon, resulting in a washed coffee that bursts with vibrant fruit flavors and delicate florals.
Las Perlitas, Spanish for "Little Pearls", is a project dedicated to supporting smallholder farmers. Throughout the harvest, many Colombian producers cultivate outstanding micro-lots that are too small to be exported individually. Rather than letting these hidden gems go unnoticed, The Coffee Quest works with producers like Deiro Gasca, Lizardo Imbachi, Erik Bravo, and Delfin Carvajal to combine them into a single, high-quality lot. Each contributing coffee undergoes rigorous cupping and analysis to ensure consistency, meeting strict standards for moisture content and water activity before being milled in Medellín.
What makes this washed coffee unique is its fermentation process. While washed coffees are typically known for their clean and crisp profiles, Las Perlitas Fruity Profile is carefully crafted to highlight the depth and fruit complexity often associated with naturals. Fermentation times range from 24 to 72 hours, depending on environmental factors, allowing for enhanced sweetness and acidity before the coffee is fully washed. Drying takes place over 7 to 14 days, ensuring a slow and controlled process that locks in flavor. This results in a juicy and expressive cup bursting with notes of raspberry, ripe mango, peach iced tea, and hibiscus. Bright, floral, and refreshingly complex, we just love it!
To make our coffees more accessible, at Boo! we decided to only produce omni roast. That means that all of our coffees are meant to be used both as espresso or filter coffee. Follow our recipes at the bottom to get the best result with each coffee!
Country & region: Colombia, Huila
Farm: Various smallhoderls
Processing: Washed process
Varietal: Gesha, Tabi, Caturra and Red Bourbon
Altitude: 1,600 to 2,000 meters
Harvest: 2025
Sourced through: The Coffee Quest
Transparency report :
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FOB : TBA
FOB (Free On Board) price represents the cost of coffee when it leaves the exporting country. It includes the price paid to the farmer, transportation within the country, and the exporter's margin.
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Roasted coffee cost : 20,74€/Kg
This is our total cost for this coffee after being roasted. This contains the price of electricity, weight loss and packaging.
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Transportation cost :
This is the cost of transportation of green coffee from the origin country to us. This information is only displayed when we purchase directly from the producers or through an exporter in the same producing country.
Recommanded recipe :
For espresso :
If possible on your machine, we always recommend setting a pre-infusion of 5-10 seconds at lower pressure then ramping up to 9 bar for the rest of the extraction.
Our recipe for this coffee would be: 18g in and 45g out in about 26-28 seconds.
Enjoy your espresso!
For filter
Our filter recipes are based on a classic V60 size 01 with CAFEC abaca filters.
Amount of coffee : 15g
Grind size : medium
Water : 250g at 95°C
0:00 - Blooming - Pour 50g (gentle swirl when finished pouring)
0:45 - Circular pour to 100g
1:00 - Circular pour to 150g
1:15 - Circular pour to 200g
1:30 - Circular pour to 250g, followed by a gentle swirl.
Drawdown should be around 2:15-2:30
Enjoy your filter coffee!