Part of an initiative to support Colombian coffee producers through a difficult period. Carlos Escobar will donate part of the proceeds to support the redevelopment of his home region in Colombia.
PINK BOURBON HONEY – SANTIAGO PATIÑO
Pink Bourbon Honey comes from Finca El Ocaso in Salento, Quindío, Colombia, where producer Santiago Patiño grows the Pink Bourbon variety. Differente Coffee, the Colombian roastery founded by Carlos Escobar, selected and roasted this lot as part of its program of origin-focused Colombian coffees.
Lot details
- Farm: El Ocaso
- Region: Salento, Quindío, Colombia
- Producer: Santiago Patiño
- Variety: Pink Bourbon
- Process: Honey
- Roaster: Differente Coffee
Process. In honey processing, the skin and fruit are removed from the seed, but some of the sticky layer underneath, called mucilage, is left on the parchment while the coffee dries. That remaining fruit can shape the coffee’s sweetness, texture, and overall sensory expression.
One variety, two interpretations. This lot gives customers the chance to experience Pink Bourbon in a very different way from [name of the other Pink Bourbon listing]. Because these coffees come from different farms, producers, and regions, the differences between them aren’t only down to processing, and that’s part of what makes the comparison so interesting.
In the cup. Differente deliberately don’t provide specific tasting notes for our coffees.
Carloes strongly believes coffee is a subjective experience. Everyone perceives flavors differently depending on their memories, culture, experiences, and personal preferences.
Differente doesn’t want to tell people what they should taste before taking their first sip. Instead, Carloes want them to explore and discover their own interpretation of each coffee.
That’s why Differente focus on describing the experience, intensity, character, and feeling behind each coffee rather than providing a list of flavors.
Their selection focuses on coffees that are far from ordinary. Carlos works with some of Colombia’s most innovative producers to showcase expressions of Colombian coffee that go well beyond what people traditionally expect.
About the Roaster – Carlos Escobar, Differente Coffee
Carlos Escobar is the son of a Colombian coffee farmer. He returned to coffee after 12 years in Australia, where he won the 2020 Australian Brewers Cup. He placed third at the 2025 World Brewers Cup in Jakarta, representing Colombia with Differente Coffee. On October 18, 2026, he won the Colombian Brewers Cup (Campeonato Colombiano de Cafés Filtrados) in Bogotá. This is his second Colombian national title, and it qualifies him to represent Colombia at the World Brewers Cup again. He founded Differente in Colombia to roast the country’s top lots where they are grown, instead of exporting them as green coffee.
Each coffee Carlos selects is roasted in Colombia, close to the farm that produced it.
