Introduction to Nalinglong, a coffee producing area in Colombia

South America is located in the southwest hemisphere, is the fourth largest continent in land area, while the Andes almost runs through the western part of South America, and South America is a continent with more volcanoes, frequent earthquakes and strong earthquakes in the world. The climate is warm and humid, mainly tropical, abundant rainfall, because of a variety of environmental resources, many countries in the continent mainly grow coffee and other agriculture. Such as Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Colombia.

In the past, Colombia has been in the midst of war, social unrest, coffee and other development has come to a standstill, but now it has become a world-recognized Arabica coffee bean producer and the world's third largest coffee producer.

According to some records, coffee may have been introduced into Colombia through Jesuit monks in 1723 and slowly spread across the country. However, during the period 1899-1903, war broke out in the Colombian country, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of coffee growers and a large number of plantations abandoned. When the war ended, in order to save the coffee industry, the government began to integrate the wasteland and divide it into small plots, selling it to farmers at very low prices, allowing them to grow coffee and other crops and start a new life. By 1912, coffee had developed and accounted for 50% of Colombia's total exports.

But coffee produced by small coffee farms does not have much say in the international coffee market. So in 1920, at the suggestion of a farmer, the Colombian Coffee Union was formed to protect the interests of small coffee farms. Since then, the organization has grown, and in 1927 led to the more authoritative and regulated Colombian National Coffee producers Association, or FNC. Since the establishment of FNC, a series of measures have been taken, including strict quality control, the establishment of the National Coffee Research Center, and the enhancement of the global competitiveness and influence of Colombian coffee.

The high yield of Colombian coffee depends on its terrain and climate. Colombia has three Codiera mountains running north and south to the Andes, and coffee is grown along the highlands of these mountains. There is fertile volcanic soil on both sides of the mountains, and the mountain steps provide a diverse climate, so it is the harvest season all year round, with different kinds of coffee ripening at different times.

Colombia has a large territory and has a number of coffee producing areas, while the main coffee producing areas include the provinces of Cauca (Cauca), Santander (Santander), Narino (Narino), Tolima (Tolima) and Huila (Huilan). There are two harvest seasons in a year, the main season is from October to January, and the secondary season is from April to July.

Among them, Huila and Tolima are better known, but their Narino also produces high-quality coffee beans and appears on the COE list all the year round.

Narino, also known as Narinho, is located on the southwest coast of Colombia, near Ecuador, where there are many rivers and lakes, as well as Kumbar and Galalas volcanoes. These natural conditions make the agriculture developed here. Due to its proximity to the equator, the coffee in this producing area is famous for its high complex flavor and floral aroma, and there are many famous coffee estates here. Such as Santa Ana Santa Ana Manor, which won the second place in COE, Colombia in 2023.

The Santa Ana estate of Santa Ana is currently managed by Carlos Alberto Belalc á zar and Raquel Lasso Mu ñ oz. They are a couple, of whom the wife, Raquel Lasso Mu ñ oz, is the founder of the FUDAM smallholder producers' organization and has served as chairman for many years and manages the bohemian (La Bohemia) estate. Her husband, Carlos Alberto Belalc á zar, is a coffee producer who has worked for about 30 years and has rich knowledge and experience in planting and processing. At present, the couple mainly promote coffee in Nalinglong province.

The couple's estate, which used to grow mainly Caturra, has been converted to Geisha in recent years, about 1990 meters above sea level at Santa Ana and 2150 meters above sea level at Bohemia. They began participating in COE in 2017, finishing second with 90.39 points for Rose Summer of Santa Ana Manor and fifth place for Rose Summer of Bohemia Manor with 87.78 points in COE, Colombia in 2023.