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Overview of Coffee Production in Colombia

Colombia has always been a major coffee grower, contributing 10% of global coffee production and an important producer of bulk commercial Arabica coffee.

The existing coffee growing areas are roughly divided into two parts: the northern production area, including the ancient MAM area and the eastern production area around the capital Bogotá, which is still an important production area for bulk commercial Arabica. The southern region is composed of Narino, Huila, Cauca and Tolima. (Related blog post: Overview of Colombia Coffee)

The history of coffee cultivation in Colombia can be traced back to the Spanish colonial era in the sixteenth century. There are also many sayings about the history of coffee in Colombia:

One: it is said to have come from Haiti in the Caribbean via El Salvador in Central America.

Second: Coffee beans were first introduced into Colombia in 1808 by a priest from the French Antilles via Venezuela. One of them is that the first coffee seeds from Colombia came from Venezuela through the province of Santander.

Third: The earliest record of coffee cultivation in Colombia appears in a book entitled "The Illustrated Orinoca" by the Spanish missionary Jose Gumilla. He describes his travels on both sides of the Meta River in 1730, mentioning coffee plantations there. By 1787, other missionaries had spread coffee to other parts of Colombia.

Colombia, located in the northwest of South America, is a beautiful country with a long history. Indians have lived on this land since ancient times. It became a Spanish colony in 1531 AD and gained independence in 1819. It was renamed in 1886 to commemorate Columbus, the discoverer of the American continent. Colombia, beautiful mountains, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, four seasons such as spring, fresh air. Colombia is rich in products, especially coffee, flowers, gold and emeralds known as the "four treasures." Today the country is the second largest coffee producer after Brazil, the world's largest exporter of Arabica coffee beans and the world's largest exporter of washed coffee beans. Often described as having a silky texture, Colombia coffee has the best balance of all coffees. It tastes soft, silky and ready to drink, and it has earned a reputation that no other coffee can match: "green gold."

Colombia Coffee: Distribution and Harvest Season

The reason for the existing distribution of production areas is that Colombia's topographic map gives a spoiler.

As shown in the picture, the majestic Andes Mountains enter Colombia from Ecuador from Narino and divide into three residual veins, collectively known as Cordilleras, which are called the Occidental Cordillera, the Central Cordillera and the Oriental Cordillera according to their location. Of these, only East Cordillera passes through Colombia and continues north into Venezuela. The three mountain ranges embrace two valleys, each of which flows into an important river, the Cauca (see blog post: Colombia coffee region: Cauca) and Magdalena (related blog post: Colombia coffee region: Tolima), which extend north and meet to eventually flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Among them, the Cauca River became the origin of the name of Cauca Province (Colombia coffee producing area: Cauca), and the Magdalena River is the first river in Colombia.

Water vapor from the Pacific Ocean penetrates the land, meets the West Cordillera Mountains and forms precipitation, continues eastward, meets the Central Cordillera Mountains and forms precipitation, continues eastward, meets the East Cordillera Mountains and merges with warm and humid air from the Eastern Amazon. On the slopes of three majestic mountains lies the home of fine coffee.

Colombia coffee harvest season

Its proximity to the equator and the high altitude of the mountains create a diverse microclimate for Colombia, and make Colombia, along with Kenya, one of the few coffee-producing countries with two harvests a year. In addition to the main harvest season, there is a secondary harvest season called mecata.

Harvest seasons vary significantly from region to region in Colombia, with some regions having two harvest seasons and others having only one traditional harvest season. In addition, there are two harvest seasons in the production areas, their primary and secondary harvest seasons are also different, basically, the north and south production areas are opposite. The northern region usually has a main season from September to December and a secondary season from April to June. The southern region is usually April to June for the main production season, September to December for the secondary production season.

Harvest time of each production area is shown in the figure. Colombia Coffee: Distribution and Harvest Season

Green: One main harvest season, September-December

Orange: two harvest seasons, main harvest September to December, secondary harvest April to May

Yellow: One main harvest season, March to June

Purple: two harvest seasons, the main harvest season from March to June, the second harvest season from October to November

Brown: no obvious harvest season

White: Non-producing area

variety grade

Colombia coffee varieties are mainly Arabica (coffee arabica), that is, small fruit coffee (coffee arabica), relatively speaking, large fruit coffee (coffee robusta) mostly grown in Africa, such as the famous Madagascar coffee. There are several varieties of small fruit coffee. Brazil coffee, which has the largest yield in the world, has large seeds, strong adaptability and high fruit yield. In contrast, mild coffee produced in Colombia is a better variety, which is related to its special geographical location and climate environment.

Colombia coffee is divided into more than 200 grades, coffee is very regional. Colombia beans are SUPERMO, followed by EXCELSO; however, specialty coffee above 18 beans (18/64 inches in diameter) can only be included in specialty coffee. Colombia coffee has a balanced flavor and a smoother taste, just like a gentleman in coffee. It has a wide range of producing areas, but the coffee in the central mountains is the best and the texture is thick. The most famous producing areas are Medellin, Armenia and Manizales, which are commonly referred to as "mam". The taste of "narino" is delicious and the quality is very good. Starbucks, which sells specialty coffee, is said to have exclusive rights to "narino supermo" coffee beans, which are common in their chain stores.

Geisha's Chinese name is Guixia. Since the pronunciation of Geisha is similar to the Japanese pronunciation of "geisha," there are also some places translated as "geisha." Is it because drinking a sip will have a national beauty and a beautiful imagination, adding a little romance to coffee?

Coffee knowledge.

Coffee trees generally bloom once a year, and it takes nine months from flowering to producing ripe coffee berries that can be picked.

Two Types of Commercial Coffee

(Star Dad only buys premium Arabica coffee grown at high altitudes)

Note that Rose Summer is 100% Arabica.

Geisha's Wandering History

In 1931, it was discovered in the Ethiopian village of Gesha or Gecha (Geisha presumably grew up in a mountain village with similar pronunciation) and sent to the Kenya Coffee Institute. It was introduced to Uganda and Tanzania in 1936. Until 1936, it was mostly active in Africa.

In 1953, Costa Rica began to introduce rose summer, but from the discovery to the present more than 20 years, not much attention to rose summer. In 1963, it was officially introduced to Panama.

Panama is a coffee-producing country in Central America. The first summer in Panama was introduced from Costa Rica by a plantation owner named Don Pachi. Mr. Patch grows rosewood coffee on their estate! At this point you might think that the smell of kings has finally been discovered! But! If the charm of Rose Summer was so easy to discover, it would not be so fascinating ~ as the lyrics sing:

At first, rose summer was not popular in Panama, low yield, bad flavor, poor economic efficiency, so farmers mixed it with other coffee beans and sold it, some simply as a windbreak for coffee plantations. Rose Summer was exiled to the frontier to shelter other high-yielding varieties.

Rose Summer had been unknown at Don Pachi Manor until the old gentleman gave Rose Summer to La Esmeralda Manor (the famous Emerald Manor), and Rose Summer finally started today's legendary journey.

Geisha became famous at Emerald Manor in Panama

Panama is close to the equator and has a tropical climate. Emerald Manor is located in Boquete, on a volcanic mountain range, and enjoys the microclimate caused by special terrain.

Emerald Manor has a large temperature difference between day and night, and the temperature is low in the morning and evening, which can delay the growth cycle of coffee beans, so that coffee beans have enough time to form their own flavor and density, with a high sweetness.

The owners of Emerald Manor

First generation: Rudolph A. Peterson

Second generation: Price Peterson

Son of Rudolf Peterson

Third generation: Daniel and Rachel

Price Peterson's children

He has won awards in a series of competitions organized by boutique coffee groups:

Award data from Emerald Manor official website

These amazing records, which are difficult to surpass, are due to the combination of time and place and the unremitting efforts of family members.

Good flavor is not afraid of expedition difficulties

As early as 2005, shortly after the Battle of Rose Summer, La Esperanza in Colombia rented a piece of land next door to Emerald Manor in Panama to learn the secret of how the Peterson family grew rose summer nearby...

Rigoberto Leila Correa, owner of Esperanza, sent Esperanza's chief botanist to Panama to study and master the cultivation techniques of summer roses and obtain the scriptures.

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