What is the most famous boutique area of Colombian coffee? How to distinguish the freshness of coffee beans?

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Colombian boutique coffee is mostly produced in the south, of which Hulia is the best-known boutique area, which has fertile valleys and cloudy Andes mountains, rich in volcanic ash for millions of years, gives birth to one of the best quality Colombian coffee, and is a winner of international cup testing competitions. this producing area has many small farmers who specialize in producing micro-batch boutique coffee. In addition, this batch is certified by the Colombian National Coffee producers Association F.N.C, which was established in 1927, to certify the quality of Colombian coffee and its producing areas. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Colombian coffee farmers and the only professional guild in Colombia that represents official coffee.

Colombia's most famous crop, apart from drugs, should be coffee beans. The country's coffee output is the 3rd / 4th largest in the world-Brazil, the largest producer, followed by Vietnam (a little unexpected, but Vietnam mainly produces Robusta, whose quality and price are far lower than the main Arabica beans, so people's chances of drinking Vietnamese coffee are not high). The output of Colombia and Indonesia is very similar. The ranking depends on whether the two countries have a bumper harvest or a bad harvest.

The so-called "coffee belt" is located about seven hours west of the capital Bogota and seven hours south of Medellin. It includes three provinces, Caldas, Risaralda and Quindio, with their capitals Manizales, Pereira and Armenida. Locals are used to calling it the "coffee axis" (Eje Cafetero), but when the government promoted tourism a few years ago, it happened that the United States was in full swing in the fight against terrorism. The "axis" became Axis in English, reminiscent of the "axis of evil" that the US government was talking about every day, so the English promotional material was changed to the "coffee golden triangle"-but in Chinese. The "Golden Triangle" is reminiscent of drugs that the Colombian government doesn't want the outside world to think of.

Colombia is the second largest coffee industrial country after Brazil in output. The more famous producing areas are "Metenin", "Marissares", "Bogota" and "Armenia". The coffee beans cultivated are very rich in taste, quality and stable in price. The internationally renowned high quality beans are Colombia-Supremo / Colombia-Excelso of Colombia. Its taste is characterized by sour, bitter, sweet and strong, brewed coffee color such as brewed wine; with a unique sour and mellow taste, moderate baking refreshing, deep baking mature strong, there is a faint unique flavor between the two, fried coffee beans, acidity reduced full content, the appearance is more large and beautiful. In addition to its large output, Columbia can produce everything from low-grade to high-grade products, some of which are rare in the world and taste so mellow that they can not be put down.

Tips for distinguishing the freshness of coffee beans:

Smell: fresh coffee beans smell strong fragrance, otherwise tasteless or bad smell.

Look: good coffee beans are complete in shape and full in size. On the contrary, the shape is incomplete.

Pressure: fresh coffee beans are pressed fresh and crisp, and the fragrance floats out when they crack.

Color: dark black coffee beans, brewed coffee has a bitter taste. The coffee beans with yellow color make the coffee sour.

Good coffee beans: neat shape and bright color.

Bad coffee beans: different shapes and incomplete individuals. After cooking, it is fragrant and not sweet enough.

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