Colombian Coffee beans Colombian Kogi Manor / Xuefeng Manor introduction.

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"Kogui" can also be used as "Kogi" or "Cogui", which means "Jaguar" in Kogi. The Kogi people originated from American Indian peoples and lived in Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Colombia. Civilization can be traced back to pre-Columbian times. The Kogi live in harmony with the environment in which they live, and are good at slash-and-burn farming. Each family tends to grow different crops on farms at different elevations to meet their daily needs, as well as raising highland cattle.

The Kogi claim to be descendants of Tyrona culture that flourished before the Spanish colonial rule. According to the historical records of the Federal Library of the United States, Tyrona culture was driven away by the Caribbean around 1000 AD and was forced to move to the highlands to settle down. As a result, the influence of Spanish colonial rule on Tyrona culture was minimized and more preserved. Like many ancient myths about the center of the world, the Kogi myth teaches their people to be "brothers of mankind" and a group of people living in the "heart of the world (Santa Marta in the Sierra Nevada)".

The Sierra Nevada in Colombia is the highest mountain in Colombia, and the Sierra Nevada is one of the branches of the Andes. The peak is covered with snow all the year round and is as high as 5770 meters above sea level. The boutique coffee beans produced in this mountain area are named after the mountains: Sierra Nevada. 60% of the coffee beans produced by Sierra Nevada Hill are purchased by FNC (Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, the Colombian Coffee production and Marketing Alliance), and as their popularity has grown in recent years, these local small farmers have begun to form cooperatives with each other. After traders or coffee and bean traders immediately came to negotiate coffee orders, they began to have the opportunity to mark themselves with "Sierra Nevada" or "Snow Cap" as a name other than the name of the small producing area. Take Kogui as an example, because it was planted by Indian aboriginal groups (that is, the Kogi), the traditional costume portraits of the Kogi were used as marks on the sacks. Therefore, this batch of Snow Caped coffee is marked "Kogui Snow Cap".

The Kogi are mainly distributed in the eastern and southern regions of the mountainous areas. in recent years, under the efforts of a [land restitution] program of the Colombian government, some Kogi people have received land restitution and counseling and assistance to grow quality coffee, and substantial progress has been made. Kogui Snow Cap is planted in the high altitude area of 1300-1500 meters, and the tree species belong to Typica species. The planting mode is mainly trapezoidal planting at high altitude with beautiful scenery. Coupled with the sweet water quality of mountain springs, the coffee produced by mountain springs is also one of the masterpieces of boutique coffee that Colombia has tried to promote in recent years.

Several rivers generated by the snow-capped Santa Marta Snow Capped mountains flow into the area, and coffee is produced in the middle of the mountain valley. At present, about 300 hectares of land is used to grow coffee. When the coffee fruit is harvested, farmers use the snow water melted from Xuefeng mountain to ferment and wash the coffee, and then use the whole day to dry it. When the farmers have collected the coffee, they send it to a processing plant called Simon Bolivar for final treatment. The processing plant is located in Santa Marta and is also an export port, and exporters take advantage of this port to transport coffee to coffee fans around the world.