Colombia coffee| Introduction of Hizhao Coffee Beans

Colombia is a rich country, with the world-famous "four treasures", coffee, flowers, gold and emeralds, and coffee is one of them. Colombia is the third largest coffee producer in the world, after Brazil and Vietnam.

Colombia

Colombia is a land and sea country located in the northern part of South America, connected with Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Panama, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the north. The terrain of the country is roughly divided into the Andes in the west and the Amazon plain of the Orinoco River in the west.

Colombia is located in the tropics, and its climate varies according to its topography. It belongs to the tropical rain forest climate in the eastern plain and the Pacific coastal areas, while the mountains with an elevation of 1000-2000 meters belong to the subtropical climate, and the northwest belongs to the savanna climate. There is only dry season and rainy season in a year, with an average annual rainfall of 11000 mm and an annual temperature of 25-30 ℃. And Colombia has a number of volcanoes and rivers, as well as 51.9% of the country's forests. With high-altitude mountain areas, volcanic soil, diverse climate, sufficient Rain Water and sunshine, it is an ideal coffee growing area.

Huila of Huilan production area

Colombia has a large land area, so there are many coffee growing areas in Colombia, and due to the mountain terrain, different microclimate and other planting conditions, the taste of coffee grown in each region has many differences. At present, the more famous producing areas in Colombia are Antioquia, Sattainder, Huila, Narino and so on.

Located in southern Colombia and the southern part of the Central Mountains, Whelan Province consists of the central and eastern mountains of the Andes, mostly in the Magdalena Valley and is Colombia's most famous boutique coffee producing area. This area is a hilly land surrounded by mountains. Coffee is planted at an altitude of 1200-1800 meters, and the temperature is basically between 17 °C and 23 °C. coupled with rich water resources and unique climate, the coffee produced in this area has a pure, balanced and soft taste. Front Street Coffee has a washed Colombian Cymbidium Coffee. As an entry-level selection, it has slightly soft acidity, with nutty, dark chocolate and caramel flavors, and is well-balanced and sweet.

Demarcation line Manor Finca El Diviso

There are many well-known manors in Huilan producing area, such as the dividing line manor Finca El Diviso. The estate, a small 14-hectare farm, is a family business that has produced coffee for 27 years. Founded by Jose Uribe Lasso in 1996, it is now mainly run by his grandson Nestor Lasson and is mainly staffed by family and friends. Nestor is young and energetic, constantly striving for excellence in coffee cultivation and processing, not only dealing with varieties such as bourbon, Kaddura and Rosa, but also introducing rare varieties such as pink bourbon, claw and Castillo.

At the 2022 World Coffee Competition (WBC), Anthony Douglas, a contestant from Australia, took part in the demarcation estate and won the championship, which made the demarcation manor and the claw coffee variety a hit.

Claw variety Sidra

Sidra, which is also called Sydra or Bourbon Sidra by some farmers, means "apple juice" or "cider" in Spanish. The variety is generally considered to be the hybrid offspring of Typica and Bourbon. Later, genetic tests showed that it was genetically similar to the Ethiopian native species Heirloom. According to some sources, the Xizao variety is an experimental variety from a coffee breeding center set up by Nestl é in the northern Ecuadorian province of Pichincha. The agency's main task is to cross with native Ethiopian species and local iron pickups or bourbon. Although the agency was closed several years ago, it is believed to be "one of the unreleased varieties".

In coffee plants, claw varieties have slender leaves, five petals when flowering, dense fruit distribution, large and round fruits, slender beans, and relatively tall plants as a whole, up to 4 meters. Planting needs proper shade, high yield has antibodies to a variety of insect pests, but is easy to be infected with leaf rust and coffee berry disease.

Qianjie Coffee Columbia dividing Line Manor Coffee Bean producing area: Huilan producing area / processing Plant: dividing Line Manor elevation: 1700-1850 meters above sea level varieties: claw treatment: double anaerobic sun treatment flavor: grape passion fruit apricot preserved fruit citrus fermentation

This demarcation line of Qianjie Coffee uses double-layer anaerobic sun treatment and medium-shallow roasting for the coffee beans on the manor. In front of the street, the proportion of V60Jing 1purl 15 and 92 ℃ will smell the fermented wine, and there will be grape, passion fruit, preserved apricot fruit and other fruit flavors in the mouth, with citrus-like acidity and soft taste.