| Bolivia |
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 GEOGRAPHY
& CLIMATE:
Bolivia is equal in size to California and Texas combined.
Brazil forms its eastern border; its other neighbors are
Peru and Chile on the west and Argentina and Paraguay
on the south.
The western part, enclosed by two chains of the Andes,
is a great plateau—with an average altitude of 12,000
ft (3,658 m). Many lives on the plateau, which contains
Oruro, Potosí, and La Paz. At an altitude of 11,910 ft
(3,630 m. The Oriente, a lowland region ranging from rain
forests to grasslands, comprises the northern and eastern
two-thirds of the country. Lake Titicaca, at an altitude
of 12,507 ft (3,812 m), is the highest commercially navigable
body of water in the world. Climate varies with altitude;
humid and tropical to cold and semiarid.
COFFEE BACKGROUND:
In the 1780s, the bean spreads up north to Peru, Chile,
Bolivia and Paraguay.
 SPECIES:
Arabica
ALTITUDE AT WHICH GROWN: 4,900 - 6,000 ft.
Organic coffee farming ensures that shade-friendly varieties
of coffee are planted. Chemically dependent, full-sun
hybrids or genetically modified coffee trees cannot (by
law) be used. The purchase of Certified-Organic coffee
ensures it is not grown using any of the common pesticides,
herbicides and fungicides used on coffee. Certified-Organic
coffees offer a premium. The organic farming coupled with
the region's unusual micro tropical climate combine to
produce a heavy bodied and pleasantly spicy coffee with
liquor-like character and a mild acidity.
The Typica
and bourbon coffee is cultivated in the mountain regions
of Bolivia at an altitude of 4,900 - 6,000 feet above
sea level, principally from colonies such as Central Illimani,
Villa Caturapi, Collasuyo, Buen Pasto, Magallanes, Alto
Ascensión and Chuma. Produces good body, aroma, acidity,
and a smooth flavor.
PREPARATION METHOD: “Washed” |
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