Introduction of Colombian Coffee in Juzi River, Huilan, Colombia

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Huilan province, located in western Colombia, is an important producing area of boutique coffee in the country, especially in the town of San Augustin, where the Los Naranjos River flows. Naranjos means orange in Spanish, so the joint production batch of small farmers in this area is named Orange River.

The hillsides on both sides of the river bank are made up of local coffee farmers, a beautiful community full of lavender and a natural habitat for butterflies and hummingbirds, bordering a 500-square-mile biological reserve called Cueva de los Quacharo to the west. This area is located in the canyon where the Columbia mountains meet the coastal mountains in the west and the mountains in the east. Ancient residents lived here and left behind many giant stone carvings. Locals believe that the great natural forces of forests will protect the land from bad weather and give them a quiet and peaceful home.

In 2001, local small coffee farmers gathered to upgrade their production management skills in order to enter the boutique coffee market, and they set up an organization called La Asociacion Los Naranjos de San Augustin. Now it has grown to the size of 50 members, with a total area of 150 hectares of coffee, with an average area of 2.8 hectares per smallholder farm. It produces about 1500 to 2000 kilograms per hectare in the main season, while it also produces about 1 kg per hectare in the byproduct season (Fly Crop, the secondary harvest period). During the by-product season, the independent output of each small farmer in Los Naranjos is less than the price required for a micro-batch.

So they assemble the output of small farmers with similar flavor in the cup and mix it into a batch to sell. Los Naranjos's unique local conditions and efforts to improve quality, in addition to stable high-quality output, but also in 2009 SCAA American Fine Coffee Association annual evaluation of 100 coffee samples stand out, won the annual championship (SCAA COTY Winner) affirmation.

Qianjie recommended cooking parameters:

Hand punch: V60 filter cup small Fuji R440 grinding 3.5, water temperature about 90 degrees

The recommended grinding degree of normal pressure is 4 and the water temperature is 90 ℃.

The recommended siphon grinding degree is 4, and the water temperature is 90 ℃ ~ 91 ℃.

The pressure grinding degree of Philharmonic is recommended to be 3.5, and the water temperature is 90 ℃.