Introduction of Colombia, a big coffee producer

The largest producer of quality coffee in the world!

Traditional deep-roasted coffee has a strong and memorable taste.

Coffee was first introduced to Colombia (Colombia) in 1808

It was brought by a priest from the French Antilles via Venezuela. Today, the country is the second largest producer after Brazil, with an annual output of 13 million bags of 60 kg each.

The output is 22 million bags. The status of coffee in Colombia is illustrated by the fact that all vehicles entering the country must be sprayed and sterilized so as not to inadvertently cause disease and damage coffee trees.

Colombian coffee is one of the few original coffee sold in the world under the name of the country. In terms of quality, it has won praise unmatched by other coffee. The country is the world's largest exporter of Arabica coffee beans, while Robbins coffee is rarely grown. It is also the world's largest washed coffee bean (Washeds)

Beans) the exporting country. Compared with other producing countries, Colombia is more concerned with developing products and promoting production. It is this, coupled with its superior geographical and climatic conditions, that makes Colombian coffee excellent in quality and delicious and famous all over the world.

The country's coffee-producing areas are located in the foothills of the Andes, where the climate is mild and the air is humid. Colombia has three Cordilleras mountains (sub-mountain system) running north-south.

Right into the Andes. Coffee is grown along the highlands of these mountains. The mountain steps provide a diverse climate, which means that the whole year is the harvest season, with different kinds of coffee ripening at different times. And fortunately,

Unlike Brazil, Colombia does not have to worry about frost. There are about 2.7 billion coffee trees in Colombia, 66 per cent of which are planted in modern plantations and the rest on small, traditionally run farms.

In the early 1960s, coffee production was about 600kg per hectare. Now it has risen to about 900kg, and some farms can reach 2500 kg. However, quality assurance is a top priority for the coffee industry. Colombia

The National Coffee Management Association (Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros) was established in 1927.

FNC), responsible for quality supervision. Although the association is a private company, it acts on behalf of the government. In addition to organizing the industry, the association is also responsible for raising funds in a bumper harvest year. In the past few years, the price of coffee

It tends to fall, and the association has almost exhausted its reserves. The National Coffee Management Association is also responsible for health care, education, road construction, hiring planting technicians, conducting investigations, monitoring product quality, and directly handling 50% of total exports.

Responsibilities such as oral business, hiring marketing personnel, etc. Like Kenya's National Coffee Management Association, it is a model of coffee organization.

Coffee farmers in Colombia can sell all their products to the Coffee Management Association at an official low price, or they can sell them.

To exporters, exporters may offer a higher price or no bid at all. In fact, the Coffee Management Association (FNC) controls exports to Europe, while coffee to the United States is mainly exported through private exporters.

However, all exports are subject to the lowest export price