As the third leading coffee exporter, Colombia exports 10 million bags of beans each year. Colombia Coffee Beans are famous for its unique flavor and high quality.The Colombia coffee beans are from 100% Arabica coffee trees with high acidity, heavy body, perfect balance and floral aroma.
History of Colombia Coffee Beans
There are several versions with regard to when coffee reaches Colombia, but the most popular version says Jesuits brought beans to Colombia in 1500s. The first coffee crops ware planted in the eastern part of the country.
The main coffee producing areas are along the eastern and central Cordilleras as the picture shows above and you can find best coffee in these regions. Have you seen Medellin in the map which is the second largest city in Colombia?Medellin coffee is widely regarded to be the finest coffee.
Colombia coffee beans are grown in the shade of local trees, so called shade-grown coffee. If not protected by the shade, coffee will be burned in the sun. There used to be tolerant trees which can produce three times more coffee than a shade bush in a year, but since they have a negative impact on the environment, people come back to the shade-grown coffee.
What makes up the quality and flavor of Colombia Coffee Beans
We all know that good coffee beans come from the combination of climate and soil quality,also the altitude, and we can never ignore the farmers passion at the same time. There is an organization formed in 1927 called the Nacional de Cafeteros (FNC). The organization educates coffee farmers to produce better coffee and regulates the quality of coffee. They even protect the health of the farmers.
Colombia can offer fresh coffee year-round with no seasonal decline in coffee quality, no other countries can do so. That’s because there are a wide variety of micro-climates, 84 micro-climactic regions to be exact.
The Crisis of Colombia Coffee Beans
Read this article fair trade coffee beans for more information about fair trade coffee beans.
However, this is not the only one crisis the colombia coffee has to face, click the picture below to see another video about Heat crisis.
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Last month i read article saying how countries that produce coffee (such as Columbia) are experiencing one of the hardest times for harvesting due to the poor weather conditions, and that at the moment it is actually more profitable to harvest oranges and avacados.
Colombia coffee is my favorite coffee, good reading, but the video really worried me, i will buy fair trade coffee in the future and hope the heat crisis can be over soon.
Sorry to hear about that, i love colombia coffee beans, hope i can do something to help them.