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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Colombia La Mina Anaerobic, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Mina Anaerobic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Mina Anaerobic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia La Mina Anaerobic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia

Colombia La Mina Anaerobic

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsColombiaNariñoBourbonAnaerobicLimeArabicaSingle originLa MinaThe López familyIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇨🇴ColombiaAnaerobicBourbon
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Nariño
Town
Buesaco
Farm / Station
La Mina
Farmer / Producer
The López family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
Bourbon
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
black grape, lime, hibiscus
Fermentation
After meticulous cherry sorting, the coffee was depulped and washed, then fermented in an oxygen-restricted environment; duration and vessel were not published.
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • ALTITUDEThe exact article says many Buesaco farms sit above 2,000 m but does not publish a point elevation for this release.
  • HARVESTThe exact release article does not publish a harvest date or crop year.
  • FERMENTATION DETAILAnaerobic fermentation is documented, but the duration, vessel, temperature and atmosphere-control details are not published.
  • DRYING METHODThe exact release article does not publish the drying surface, duration or moisture endpoint.
  • FORMAL GRADENo formal green-coffee grade is published for this exact release.
  • ROAST LEVELNo conventional light, medium or dark roast label is published for the exact release.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Colombia La Mina Anaerobic
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Bourbon
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Mina
  6. 06
    The farmer
    The López family
  7. 07
    The region
    Nariño
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

The López family runs La Mina in Buesaco, Nariño. Intelligentsia names Franco López and describes Cielo López and Nilson as helping other Buesaco producers adopt quality practices.

From the roaster

For the February 2024 release, Intelligentsia described black grape, lime, and hibiscus and documented depulping, washing, and anaerobic fermentation.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

An exact Bourbon release from La Mina that combines meticulous cherry selection with a documented anaerobic fermentation stage after depulping and washing.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Separated the exact release

Kept the February 2024 Bourbon anaerobic release distinct from the newer washed La Mina Caturra product.

02
Corrected the process boundary

Recorded depulping and washing before oxygen-restricted fermentation and rejected the unsupported anaerobic-natural label.

03
Reconciled the archived offer

Added the $23 USD price, retained the 340 g format, removed the placeholder grade and refreshed sold-out status.

04
Added limited outside sentiment

Normalized one verified independent exact-release 10/10 assessment to 100/100, with the source count and single-review limitation disclosed.

What was added?

Verified structured pricing, refreshed availability, corrected process framing, exact-release differentiation and one-source public sentiment.

What wasn't added?

No point elevation, crop year, fermentation duration or vessel, drying method, formal grade, conventional roast label, owner score or owner tasting observation was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now describes the February 2024 anaerobic Bourbon without borrowing details from the newer La Mina Caturra or repeating a catalog’s incorrect natural-process label.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia named black grape, lime and hibiscus; these are roaster notes, not our tasting.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/blogs/stories/colombia-la-mina-anaerobic
  • · https://www.beanswithbeanie.com/coffee/colombia-la-mina-anaerobic-intelligentsia-coffee
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-colombia-la-mina
  • · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sEEzHURZQ
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-29) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: La Mina →Meet the farmer: The López family →
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