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Colombia Colombia

Population: 47073000

Colombia has well-defined growing areas and the impressive variety of coffee they produce. Whether you want round, heavy coffee, refreshing, fruit-flavored (or somewhere in between), Columbia beans are most likely. Colombia is divided by geographical location, and it is not difficult to find that the coffee there has many common characteristics. If you like coffee in one area, other areas will like it as well. Coffee trees get double cropping in Colombia, the second main harvest and harvest each year, which is called "mitaca" locally.

CAUCA

CAUCA Cauca, best known for its coffee cultivation around Inza and Meseta de Popayan in Popayan, provides favorable growth conditions at high altitudes on the plateau and near the equator and surrounding mountains, which protects coffee from Pacific humidity and southern trade winds. This creates a very stable climate all the year round. In addition, coffee in the area has significant volcanic soil. According to historical records, there is a single rainy season from October to December every year.

Altitude: 1700-2100m

Harvest: March-June (major crops), November-December (mitaca crops)

TOLIMA

TOLIMA Tolima, one of the strongholds of Colombia's notorious rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), until recently held control. Tolima has suffered from fighting in recent years, which makes the visit difficult. High-quality coffee from the region is grown by small farmers in very small areas and exported through cooperatives.

Altitude: 1200-1900m

Harvest: 3mer-June (main crop) crops October to December (mitaca)

Variety: 9% Typica 74% Catura 17% Castillo Villa

NARINO

Some of Colombia's highest quality coffee is grown in Narinho, which is arguably the most amazing and complex. Growing coffee in many areas of these high elevations is a challenge, and coffee trees are likely to suffer from leaf blight. However, Narinho is close enough to the equator that the climate is suitable for planting coffee trees. Most of Narinho's 40,000 producers are small farmers, each with a planting area of less than 2 hectares (4.4 acres). Many people form groups and institutions to support each other and interact with FNC. In fact, the average size of the farm is less than 1 hectare (2.2 acres), and only 37 producers own more than 5 hectares (11 acres) of land in the area.

Altitude: 1500-2300 m (4900-7500ft)

Harvest: April-June Variety: 54% Typica, 29% CaturraMagol, 17% Castillo.

HUILA

Wirat has an excellent combination of soil and geographical advantages for growing coffee, and some of the most complex and fruity Colombian coffees come from here. There are more than 70, 000 coffee growers in the area, covering more than 16000 hectares (39500 acres).

Altitude: 1250-2000m

Harvest: September to December (main crop) April to May (mitaca crop)

Main varieties: 11% Typica, 75% Catura, 14% Castillo.