How is Colombian coffee production? How to drink Colombian Medellin Coffee

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To the west of Colombia is the Andes, which is divided into three parts: the western, central and 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. Traditional deep-roasted coffee has a strong and memorable flavor. Coffee was first introduced to Colombia in 1808 by a priest from the French Antilles. Rilla brought it. Today, the country is the third largest coffee producer after Brazil and Vietnam, with an annual output of 12 million bags of 60 kg each, while Brazil produces 31 million bags a year.

The status of coffee in Colombia can be seen in the following examples: all vehicles entering the country must be sprayed and sterilized so as not to inadvertently cause disease and damage 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) and so on. 700 million coffee trees are documented in Colombia, 66% of which are planted in modern plantations and the rest on small, traditionally run farms. The main varieties include Kaddura Caturra, Colombia Colombia, Tibica Tipica, Bourbon Bourbon, Elephant Bean Maragogype, and Tabi. Farms and cooperatives throughout the country, big or small, are distributed in more than 500000 municipalities and 14 major coffee-producing areas. A total of 2 million Colombians depend on coffee cultivation for a living, contributing 12.5 per cent to gross domestic product.

Coffee farmers in Colombia can sell all their products at an official low price? Can the Coffee Management Association sell it? Exporters, exporters may offer higher prices. In fact, the Coffee Management Association controls overall exports to Europe, while coffee to the United States is mainly exported through private exporters, however, all exports are controlled by the lowest export price.

The province of Antioquia (Antioquia), located in north-central Colombia, has 126000 hectares of coffee and produces 2000000 bags (60kgs/bag) of coffee beans, accounting for 18% of Colombia's production, second only to the province of Villa (Huila). Most of the province is alpine terrain belonging to the Andes, but it is swept by the warm Caribbean sea breeze. Medellin, the provincial capital, is Colombia's second largest city and an important coffee producing area in Colombia.

This production area has many small farmers micro-batch production of high-quality coffee beans are very characteristic of the flavor of the production area. In recent years, with the attention to the quality of coffee and the demand for fine coffee in the international market, we have changed to micro-batches (Micro-regional selections) provided by small farmers in micro-production areas, where dozens of small farmers provide their unit harvest into a micro-batch to sell. Quality control will be better, and many high-quality small farmers' coffee in specific micro-producing areas can be selected through batch-by-batch cup testing. Its coffee flavor is more lively, with fresh aromas of ripe fruit and caramel, and the combination of sour taste and sweet taste is well balanced.

Colombia is fortunate to have Atlantic and Pacific ports, which helps to reduce the cost of transporting coffee, which is the only country in South America. The main production areas of Colombia are in the central and eastern mountains.

The most important plantations along the central mountains are located in Medellin, Armenia and Manizales, where coffee is of the best quality and high price, characterized by full grains, rich nutrients, rich aromas and moderate acidity. These three regions are referred to as MAM (the initials of the major cities of the three regions). Most of Colombia's top coffee for export comes from MAM. Along the eastern mountains, the two best areas are around Bogot á and north around Bucaramanga. Bogota coffee is less acidic than Medellin coffee, but the two are of the same quality.

Qianjie recommends Colombian coffee brewing parameters:

V60ap90 ℃ / 1 15 / total time two minutes

Flavor: plum, caramel