Visit to Colombia Coffee Farm

Basic data of the Republic of Colombia

Three times the area of Japan

The capital Bogota

Language Spanish

Average per capita

GDP 480000 yen (4.2 million yen in Japan)

The capital Bogota at 2600m above sea level

The territory of Colombia has 1 gamma and 3 mountain areas.

As an equatorial country, coffee is produced in mountains at higher elevations. It's a long journey from Japan to the capital Bogota! It is a big city established on the plateau at an altitude of 2600m. When I got off the plane, I felt my heart puffing and wailing.

It's a little exaggerated. )

You can feel the hardship of the trip to Bogota more when you climb the stairs.

Coffee in Colombia is mostly small-scale farmers, each of which is processed to remove the pulp, collected and refined by farmers' associations, and then exported by exporters. In recent years, after Brazil, Colombian coffee has focused on yield, focusing on modern agricultural technology and the development of varieties with strong disease resistance under the guidance of FNC (Colombian producers Union). In recent years, it is often heard that Colombian coffee is not as good as it used to be, which is inevitable for the coffee industry, which attaches importance to production.

About 70% of Colombian coffee is Variedad Colombia, a variety with high harvest and strong disease resistance, but a hybrid of Arabica and Robusta. Although there are delicious coffee, the quality is still slightly lower than that of pure Arabica.

This kind of coffee has been developed for 20 years and has been infected with rust spot.

Therefore, the hybrid "Castillo" of Variedad Colombia and Robusta has been developed.

I shared "Castillo" locally, but when it comes to taste. I really can't drink this cup of coffee.

Where is the delicious Colombian coffee that was once praised as mild Colombia?

Looking for delicious Colombian coffee

Coffee is a crop. There will be a considerable difference between the producer's consciousness and the soil.

Among the coffee gardens I visited, the larger ones planted a variety of varieties and adopted modern agricultural methods, giving people a sense of professionalism and reliability to the coffee industry. Including Variedad Colombia, of course.

The finest Colombian coffee is cultivated in a small village in Boyaca County, less than a few hours' drive from Bogota. There are more than 100 small and medium-sized peasant families in this village. Several farmhouses on a mountain are scattered, limited to planting "Tipica" in the past, and a very small amount of continuous production. The greatest charm of "Tipica" is the greatest charm of coffee, where it has both superior aroma and sweetness. These farm coffee trees are handed down from ancestors to generations, and the coffee cherries naturally fall after the old tree has withered and grow into new coffee trees, which is really "laissez-faire cultivation."

In addition, because most farmers are poor, they cannot afford to buy fertilizers and pesticides. Only use home-made organic fertilizers.

Coffee trees that have to be cultivated in a "completely organic environment" are safely cultivated in the fine soil of the village.

(responsible Editor: coffee Sound)