The difference of flavor and taste between Columbia Linglong coffee and Huilan coffee

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Colombia Colombia

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.

NARINO Na Linglong

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 to June Variety: 54% Typica, 29% Caturramine, 17% Castillo

The Nalinglong producing area is located in the Andes where Colombia joins Ecuador in the southeast. The natural geographical environment divides the Nalinglong producing area into three major topography, the first is the plains along the Pacific coast, the second is the Amazon basin, and then the Andes mountains. The Nalinglong producing area, located near the equator at latitude 0 ℃, receives almost the same number of sunshine hours every day throughout the year, with an average sunshine duration of nearly 2, 000 hours a year.

At the same time, the location and geographical environment, the average annual temperature suitable for coffee growth, the stable temperature change in the morning and evening, the annual rainfall, and the soil rich in organic matter make the coffee trees in Nalinglong producing area thrive at very high altitude. it has a significant effect on the flavor and aroma of coffee.

HUILA Cymbidium

Huilan has a combination of excellent 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.

The percentage of Supremo in Huila coffee is the highest in Colombian coffee. From beginning to end, this coffee is haunted by rich sweetness and a series of sweet fruit flavors. In the beginning, the dried coffee powder smelled of raspberries, honey and a mixture of spices. When hot water was added, it smelled like caramel, and it smelled like camphor tree, fructose and raisins. Overall, this coffee tasted sweet and bright sour.

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