Huilan (Huila), a boutique coffee producing area in Tolima, Colombia.

Boutique coffee (specialty coffee) is also called "specialty coffee" or "select coffee". It refers to coffee made from a small number of raw beans with excellent taste grown in an ideal geographical environment. Depending on the special soil and climatic conditions in which they grow, they have outstanding flavor. After strict selection and classification, this kind of coffee can be regarded as a selection of coffee beans because of its hard texture, rich taste and excellent flavor.

Colombia is divided into 32 provinces, Department of Tolima is located in the southwest, covering an area of 23500 square kilometers, adjacent to the well-known boutique coffee producing areas of Huila and Cauca. Ibague, the provincial capital.

In Tolima province, there are north-south Andes (M. Andes) and Cordillera (M. Cordillera). Between the two famous mountain systems is the Magdalena River (R. Magdalena) valley, which runs from south to north, with fertile soil, hot and rainy climate and dense population. Irrigated agriculture is developed, the output of rice and sesame ranks first in the country, and it also produces cotton, coffee, bananas, tobacco, sisal, corn, sugar cane, beans and so on.

The name Tolima comes from the earliest people who lived here, "Pijao people". In the language of this ancient people (Pijao word), tolima means "land of ice and snow", "snowed".

Tolima, adjacent to huila and cauca, is an area where many coffee-producing pilgrims need to make up their minds to travel. The road conditions here are not very ideal, and some of the talented people who have visited tolima all describe the bumps and hardships on the way to the car shop in their travels.

The farms in Tolima are generally slightly larger than those in other southern Colombian producing areas, ranging from 10 to 15 hectares. The cooperative approach is also popular here, where farmers send their small batches of fresh coffee and fruit to the cooperative's processing plant. Some farmers will also choose to deal with it on their own, making use of their own small-scale treatment facilities that can handle the harvest of the day. Carefully processed raw beans can be negotiated according to the cup test results, and a few batches that are outstanding will be kept as "micro batches", microlot, and sent to Bogota, the capital, for further cup testing. The rest of the raw beans are generally mixed and sold according to the cup test flavor.

Because of its high altitude, hot climate and abundant rainfall, it has created good conditions for the growth of boutique coffee. Even Starbucks, a well-known coffee chain, has launched Starbucks selection. Colombian Tolima Coffee this coffee.

Like other Colombian regions, the classic treatment here is water washing, that is, wet treatment. Dry in the sun.

Tolima, Colombia

Product name: Colombia Supremo SC 17 Tolima FNC 18

Altitude: 1200-1600m

Variety: Caturra,Castillo

Treatment: full water washing, sun drying

Producers: members from Cucuana Group, including 90 small-scale farmers.

Key words of cup test: floral fragrance, wonderful and lively acidity, sweetness of fresh honey, creamy mellow sweet orange, malt, caramel, balanced, soft