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Colombia is rich in coffee production, which has always been the second largest coffee producer after Brazil. However, between 2003 and 2007, it was overtaken by Vietnam and is now the third largest coffee producer in the world. And more than 2 million people in Colombia depend on coffee production for a living, accounting for almost 1/4 of the domestic job market. Coffee is a very important cash crop!

Colombian boutique coffee has great potential.

In the past, Colombia attached more importance to the commercial coffee bean market, but after 2001, Colombia began to enter the relatively niche boutique coffee market, much slower than Brazil and Guatemala, which also belong to Central and South America. This is mainly because Colombia was not optimistic about the boutique coffee market at that time, and did not begin to catch up until after 2000!

But even if it is a step behind others, the environment in Colombia is very suitable for the growth of boutique coffee. It is not only rich in landscapes, but also has low latitudes and high elevations. Compared with Brazil, it has a great explosive power in boutique coffee!.

Low latitude in Colombia: located between three and eight degrees, it belongs to a low-latitude coffee belt and can be harvested twice a year.

High altitude in Colombia: coffee is mostly grown at 1200-1900 meters above sea level.

Colombian coffee producing area

Coffee producing areas in Colombia are divided into commercial beans and boutique beans.

Commercial coffee beans are concentrated in central and northern Colombia, mostly large-scale entrepreneurial coffee farmers. Among them, the three well-known producing areas of "MAM" are Medell í n, Armenia and Manizales. The main flavor is the well-known Central American flavor with a strong sense of fruit acid. But Bucaramanga, produced in the northeastern province of Santander, is known for its low acidity and bitterness, similar to Indonesia's Mantenin. (this phenomenon may be due to the decrease in acidity in Kansai at a lower altitude.)

The producing area of boutique coffee beans is mainly in the south, Haida is more than 1500 meters, and there are many volcanoes, creating many well-known boutique producing areas, including Cauca, Huila, Meta, Tolima, Nari?o and so on. The main flavor is caramel aroma, with delicate berry aroma and sour aroma, and obvious sweetness!