COLOMBIA • ANGEL ORTEGA

SUGAR MOUNTAIN

COLOMBIA • ANGEL ORTEGA

FLAVOR PROFILE

Passion Fruit

Mandarin Orange

Marshmallow

Body: Big

Acidity: Bright

Sweetness: Playful

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BEANOLOGY

Origin: San Agustín, Huila — Colombia

Producer: Angel Ortega

Farm: Miramar

Varietal: Pink Bourbon

Elevation: 1800 Meters

Process: Passion Fruit Co-Ferment

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BEANOGRAPHY

Sugar Mountain is the wild, technicolour side of the Phoenix lineup — the coffee that arrives with bright fruit, playful sweetness, and just enough mischief to make the cup feel alive.

This edition comes from Angel Ortega in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia, and it carries the energy of a thoughtful experimental process. Angel works with Pink Bourbon cherries from Miramar and uses a passion fruit co-ferment, adding actual passion fruit during fermentation before the coffee is processed. This approach helps shape the coffee’s tropical fruit expression while keeping the cup clean, structured, and enjoyable.

In the cup, Sugar Mountain opens with passion fruit and a bright citrus lift that reads like mandarin orange. As it settles, the sweetness softens into marshmallow, red apple, and a light chocolate finish. It is tropical, funky, experimental, and fun — exactly what Sugar Mountain is meant to be.  

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ORIGIN

San Agustín, Huila — Colombia

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PROCESSING METHOD

Passion Fruit Co-Ferment

Co-fermentation is an experimental coffee-processing method where another ingredient is introduced during fermentation to influence the coffee’s aromatic development, perceived sweetness, and fruit expression.

For this Sugar Mountain lot, Angel Ortega ferments Pink Bourbon coffee cherries with actual passion fruit before the coffee is processed. This is different from adding syrups, flavour oils, or artificial flavouring after roasting. The passion fruit is part of the fermentation environment, not a flavour shot added to finished coffee.

During fermentation, naturally occurring yeasts, bacteria, sugars, acids, and fruit compounds interact around the coffee cherry. This can shape how the coffee expresses itself in the cup, helping create more vivid tropical fruit notes, citrus brightness, and soft candy-like sweetness.

The result is playful and expressive, but still recognizably coffee: passion fruit, mandarin orange, marshmallow, red apple, and a light chocolate finish. It is tropical, funky, experimental, and fun, without becoming heavy or boozy.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT

Angel Ortega

Miramar Farm

Angel Ortega is the producer behind this Sugar Mountain lot from San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. The coffee comes from Miramar, his farm, where this Pink Bourbon lot was processed using passion fruit during fermentation. The result is an experimental coffee that feels vivid, tropical, and playful while still staying clean and structured in the cup.

Angel’s work here shows how producer-led experimentation can shape flavour without turning coffee into something artificial.

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WHOLE BEAN

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SHIPPING

To preserve freshness and ensure timely delivery, in-stock coffee orders are shipped the same day or by the next business day. Most orders are added to the current week’s roast cycle and dispatched as soon as the freshly roasted beans are ready.

EXPÉDITION

Afin de préserver la fraîcheur et d’assurer une livraison rapide, les commandes de café en stock sont expédiées le jour même ou au plus tard le jour ouvrable suivant. La plupart des commandes sont ajoutées au cycle de torréfaction de la semaine en cours et expédiées dès que les grains fraîchement torréfiés sont prêts.

PICK-UP ORDERS

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