Introduction to the characteristics of taste and growth environment of Colombian coffee flavor description area

Introduction to the characteristics of taste and growth environment of Colombian coffee flavor description area

As we all know, in the coffee growing industry, the rainy season determines the coffee harvest season. Throughout Colombia, the main harvest season of Colombian coffee is from October to February of the following year, and the secondary harvest season is from April to September each year. It is generally believed that the quality of the main production season is better than that of the secondary production season.

In everyone's impression, Colombia is only a major coffee trading country, but in fact, Colombia is also rich in fine coffee. At present, Colombian coffee beans account for 30% of the national output, and around the year 2000, the proportion is less than 5%. Thus it can be seen that the market for fine coffee has developed rapidly in recent years.

Boutique coffee bean producing areas are mostly concentrated in south-central Colombia, including HUILA, NARINO, TOLIMA, VALLE DEL CAUCA, CAUCA and other areas, which are mainly volcanic geology.

Commercial coffee bean producing areas are concentrated in the central and northern regions, including ANTIOQUIA (the capital Medillin), QUINDIO (the capital Armenia) and CALDAS (the capital Manizales). The first letter of the capital of these three regions, referred to as "MAM", is the largest coffee producing area in Colombia, which is relatively low in elevation.

The pure taste of Colombian coffee comes from Colombia's natural environment with the most favorable conditions for coffee growth. But beyond that, it is inseparable from the hard work of local growers. In Colombia, coffee cultivation has reached 1.07 million hectares, there are about 302000 coffee plantations in the country, and 30 to 40 per cent of the rural population depends directly on coffee production. Although there are many farms in Colombia, they are not large in area. The area of each farm is only about 2 hectares, and more than 80% of the coffee plantations have only about 5000 coffee trees, an average of 3000. Thus it can be seen that agriculture in Colombia belongs to the small-scale farm type. The locals plant tall trees or banana trees around the coffee trees. Build an Arbor for coffee trees at the seedling stage to ensure the cool and humid environment needed for coffee growth. Due to the high humidity, small temperature difference and slow ripening of coffee beans in the coffee forest, it is conducive to the accumulation of caffeine and aromatic substances, so the quality of coffee is the best.

The main varieties of Colombian coffee are Arabica coffee (coffea arabica), that is, small fruit coffee (small grain coffee). Relatively speaking, large fruit coffee (coffea robusta) is mostly grown in Africa of origin, such as the famous Madagascar coffee. There are several varieties of small fruit coffee. Brazilian coffee, which has the largest yield in the world, has larger seeds, stronger adaptability and high fruit yield; by contrast, the mild coffee produced in Colombia is a more high-quality variety, which is related to its special geographical location and climatic environment.