Colombia coffee defect rate standard What is Excelso grade standard Colombia coffee

Colombian coffee comes all the way from Venezuela. But in Colombia, the first place to grow a lot of coffee is here in Quinn province, near the estate. It was later transferred to the "Coffee Golden Triangle" near Medellin.

At that time, a large number of rare trees, including wax palms, were cut down to grow coffee, which did great damage to the environment. Now, in addition to growing coffee, they use space to breed and cultivate wax palms and other original tree species. One is to use them to shade the coffee, and the other is to protect the environment and compensate for the wrong behavior at that time.

In May, the price of Arabica coffee beans on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell to 88 cents a pound, the lowest in nearly 13 years. Market analysis believes that the persistently low price is caused by the oversupply of output. According to data released by the Colombian Coffee producers Union, due to the fact that many coffee farms are unable to make ends meet, Colombian coffee cultivation has continued to shrink by nearly 40,000 hectares in the past year and a half, and more than 20,000 coffee farmers have to give up growing coffee in order to make a living.

Excelso does not represent the raw bean size level, but an export level.

If you have a sack of different Colombian coffee on hand, you will find that "Excelso-Caf é de Colombia" is written on each sack. Whether it is EP,SUPREMO,UGQ, as long as it meets the Colombian export grade coffee sacks, it will be marked "Excelso".

Excelso export grade is the most widely used export standard grade of FNC and the best export grade of Colombian raw beans.

What is the Excelso level standard?

After strict screening, the size of raw coffee beans should be more than 14 mesh, and no more than 5% of raw beans must be between 12 mesh and 14 mesh. In general, 50% of raw coffee beans must be larger than 15 mesh.

No pest, uniform color, no smell, clean flavor

Moisture content must not exceed 12.5%

The defect rate should not exceed the limit of 24 points.

What is the defect rate of 24 points?

Colombian coffee defect rate standard

Colombia's National Coffee Council sets a standard for measuring the defect rate of raw coffee beans exported at Excleso level: no more than 24 points in 500g raw coffee bean samples.

The specific categories are as follows:

For example, according to Supremo 1220 60 (5%), which is the most frequently exported in Colombia, this means that a maximum of 12 primary defective beans and 60 secondary defective beans are allowed in 500g samples of this raw bean.

In the same way, grade 8-35 raw beans are allowed to have a maximum of 8 primary defective beans and 35 secondary defective beans in their 500 g samples.

Do you understand in this way?

But what does 5% mean? How old is Supremo? Doesn't it super super?

Classification standard of Colombian coffee table

According to the three grades of commercial beans that FNC exports most frequently-Excelso UGQ 1260 (1.5%), Excelso EP 1260 (10%), Excelso Supremo12*60 (5%).

Excelso UGQ 1260 (1.5%): raw bean size is more than 14 mesh, 1.5% raw bean is allowed between 12 mesh and 14 mesh, but it must be more than 12 mesh, and more than 50% is more than 15 mesh.

Excelso EP 1260 (10%): raw bean size is more than 15 mesh, 10% raw bean is allowed to be less than 15 mesh, but must be more than 14 mesh.

Excelso Supremo 1260 (5%): the size of raw beans is more than 17 mesh. 5% raw beans are allowed to be less than 17 mesh, but must be more than 14 mesh.

At this point, the classification level of Colombia should be clear at a glance. The percentage in parentheses represents the "tolerance rate". After all, it is impossible for raw coffee beans to be 100% the same size. From the size of raw beans, Supremo is indeed the largest particle, as for super is not super, but also please drink more!

Are there any raw beans that are not Excelso grade?

Although more than 90% of the raw coffee beans in Colombia are used for export, there will still be some raw beans that have not reached the Excelso level. We call it "Product of Colombia". It is a mixture of different quality and excelso raw beans, and can also be used for export to meet the requirements of plant inspection. If you have a boss who is an instant solution factory, you can contact us.

Colombia is the world's leading exporter of Arabica coffee beans. Recently, however, the trading price of coffee bean futures on the international market has continued to fall, seriously affecting the earnings of Colombian coffee growers. In order to deal with this situation, many coffee growers began to adjust their business ideas and develop coffee tourism to increase the added value of the coffee industry.

Colombian coffee has long been dependent on exports, so in order to protect the coffee industry and reduce the impact of the international market on coffee prices, Colombian institutions are studying to break away from the international futures trading system and adopt a trading model of independent pricing.

However, some practitioners believe that breaking away from the international market pricing system is not a goal that can be achieved in a short period of time. By developing the domestic consumer market and increasing the added value of the coffee industry, it will fundamentally reverse the over-reliance of the Colombian coffee industry on the international market.

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