The altitude characteristics of planting and treatment in Vera Plateau Coffee producing area of Colombia introduces how to brew Colombian coffee beans.

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Product name: St. Augustine, Vera Plateau, Colombia

(Colombia Huila Forest San Augustin)

Country: Colombia ((Colombia))

Producing areas: Huila, St. Augustine (San Augustin)

Producer: Cooagustinos production Association of Vera Province

Variety: Kaddura (Caturra), Colombia

Altitude: average 1900 m

Grade: Supremo

Treatment: traditional washing treatment

Harvest time: 30% from April to June

September to January 70%

Certification: NCMA

Flavor description: lemon, creamy caramel, nut hue, toffee, thick and sweet taste.

Introduction:

The western part of Colombia is the Andes, which is divided into three parts: the west, the central and the

The eastern mountains. The Cauca and Magdalena rivers flow along the Caribbean to the lowland plains.

Colombia is currently the second largest coffee producer in the world, using washing to treat Arabica coffee beans.

It is also one of the largest producers of high-quality coffee in the world.

A nostalgic taste in 1808, coffee was first introduced to Colombia by a priest

Brought by the French Antilles via Venezuela. Today, the country is the third largest coffee producer after Brazil and Vietnam

The annual output is 12 million bags of 60 kg each, while Brazil's annual output is 31 million bags. The coffee is

The status of Colombia can be seen in the following examples: all vehicles entering the country must

Spray disinfection, so as not to inadvertently bring disease and damage to coffee trees.

The main producing areas are Huila (San Augustin), Narino, Tolima, Popayan (Cauca),

Valle de Cauca, Meta, Antioquia (Medellin), Magdelena (Sierra Nevada),

Boyaca, Santander (Bucaramanga), etc. About 700 million coffee trees are documented in Colombia.

66% of them are planted in modern plantations, and the rest are planted in traditionally operated plantations.

On a small farm. The main varieties include Kaddura Caturra, Columbia Colombia,

Tibica Tipica, bourbon Bourbon, Elephant Bean Maragogype, and Tabi

Farms and cooperatives across the country, big or small, run by more than 500000 farmers, are distributed in 590 towns across the country.

And 14 major coffee producing areas, a total of 2 million of Colombians depend on coffee cultivation for a living

Contributed 12.5% to the gross domestic product.

Huila province is located in western Colombia, where coffee is grown in the western coastal mountains and eastern mountains.

The border formed on the slope of the canyon, of which the town of St. Augustine (San Augustino) is due to

The Los Nalanghos River is of the best quality, and the riverbank in this area has beautiful scenery and a large area of flowers and plants.

Home to butterflies and wind birds, this area is also home to good coffee in Colombia.

The fine coffee beans produced by many small farmers in this producing area have the characteristics of the flavor of the producing area.

In recent years, with the attention of the international market to the quality of coffee and the requirements for fine coffee

Change to micro-batches provided by coffee farmers in micro-production areas (Micro-regional)

Selections), provided by dozens of small farmers, their unit harvest is consolidated into a micro-batch for sale.

Quality control will be better, and there will be more opportunities to select many qualities through batch-by-batch cup testing.

Excellent small farmer coffee in specific micro-producing areas.

This microbatch comes from COOAGUSTINOS production Association of Vera Province, which is a production association.

There are about 800 small-scale coffee farmers with an average farm area of about 2 hectares above sea level.

The rice harvest season is divided into winter and summer, 30% from April to June and 70% from September to January.

Coffee flavor with herbal Nanyang spice dark chocolate dark berry acid

Orange fruit flavor creamy acidity and taste thick, melons sweet taste smooth

Rose flowers, clean fruit, firm and balanced palate with a good finish.

Colombian Vera Coffee brewing suggestion

Recommended cooking method: hand flushing

Degree of grinding: 4 (Fuji R440)

Water temperature: 88 °C

V60 filter cup, 15g powder, water temperature 88 degrees, grinding 4, water powder ratio close to 1:15

28 grams of water is steamed for 26s

Segment: water injection to 120ml cut off, slow water injection to 230ml

That is, 28-120-80, the total time is 1.40

Other suggestions for trickling extraction:

Normal pressure, recommended grinding degree of 3.5-4 / water temperature 90 °C

Philharmonic pressure, recommended 2.5 grinding degree, water temperature 85 °C

Hand punch: 3.5 degree of grinding, water temperature 88 °C

Basic knowledge and flavor description of Colombian coffee