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 GEOGRAPHY
& CLIMATE:
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific
Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.
Flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains,
eastern lowland plains. Tropical along coast and eastern
plains; cooler in highlands.
COFFEE BACKGROUND:
History takes the sixteenth century as the moment when
coffee started to be cultivated in Colombia. In time,
all of the Andean Mountain Range, crisscrossing the country,
has been covered by the intense red of ripe coffee cherries,
that in Colombia's case is renowned as the mildest and
of highest quality worldwide. The coffee grown in Colombia
belongs to the Arabica family of the Rubiaceae species;
several local varieties are known, among which Típica,
Bourbon, Caturra and Colombia stand out, with the last
two mentioned, most intensely grown in current times.
 SPECIES:
Arabica
- Caturra 43%
- Typica/Bourbon 30%
- Colombia 27%
ALTITUDE AT WHICH GROWN:
The most demanding consumers worldwide have recognized
the goodness of Colombian coffee. Such recognition has
been possible thanks to the soil quality of the Andean
Mountains, their weather, and the altitude -ideally between
1200 and 1800 meters above sea level- among other factors;
but there is no doubt that what sets Colombian coffee
apart is the care of the plantation and the way the fruit
is hand picked.
Supremo
beans are larger than other coffee beans from Colombia
and the name indicates the highest quality of Colombian
coffee available.
PREPARATION METHOD: “Washed” |
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