Introduction to the flavor of Colombian Lavejia coffee beans

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Colombia is the world's second-largest coffee producer, producing only Brazil. Colombian coffee is of good quality and taste, and is the first choice for blending coffee. Many blended coffee will choose Colombian beans in order to increase the flavor of chocolate and nuts. Of course, Colombia also has boutique coffee. And it has been selected by Starbucks as Zhenxuan coffee, you can see that the quality of Colombian coffee is good.

Le Vega is a municipality of Cauca, Colombia, with an average altitude of about 1800 meters above sea level. There are about 4000 coffee farmers in the region with an average area of less than one hectare, with a total area of about 2900 hectares.

The common varieties in this area are Castillo, Kaddura, etc., and the main harvest season is usually between April and June.

Unfortunately, coffee-growing areas are also good places to grow illegal drugs. Colombia is a region famous for growing cocaine, so some groups do not want people to grow coffee.

As a result, a new plan, the Guardabosques (Forest Rangers) program, was born. The plan aims to prevent farmers in some areas from growing illegal crops such as coca and opium poppy. Contributing to the comprehensive development of economic, technological, environmental and social support can also provide legitimate alternatives to employment and income for communities affected by illicit crop cultivation.

Ravega is located in the hills of Colombia. Here, coffee beans are a vital crop, and the diversity of species gives birth to its unique flavor. As leaf rust is an important threat to the normal growth of coffee beans, coffee farmers work hard to prevent crops from being affected by the disease.

They introduced the vibrant and prolific Castillo variety of coffee to ensure that the coffee can thrive under careful care, and coffee farmers harvest coffee berries by hand, thus giving birth to delicious and rich coffee, which has won many awards over the past decade and won a good reputation. The beautiful and sustainable environment and indomitable coffee growers create this coffee with rich floral, citrus and caramel flavors.

Producing area: Coca La Vega, Colombia, Latin America

Processing method: washing

Bean seed: Castillo (Castillo is a coffee variety developed by Columbia Coffee Research Institute in 2005 to enhance plant disease resistance. It is the result of five-generation cross breeding of Timor and caturra. Castillo inherited the dwarf plant and high yield of caturra, as well as the leaf rust resistance gene of Timor.

Altitude: 1800 m

Caption: Violet fragrance with citrus flavors such as lemon and grapefruit and caramel taste

Colombia is rich in mountains, with deserts, mountains and dense vegetation. The floral and citrus flavours of coffee.

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