Colombian Coffee

Coffee was first introduced to Colombia in 1808, when trees were brought by a clergyman from the French Antilles via Venezuela. Today the country is the second largest producing country in the world after Brazil, with an annual production of 13 million 130 pound bags compared with Brazil’s 22 million bags. The importance of coffee to the national economy may be gauged from the fact that all cars entering the country are sprayed so that they do not inadvertently introduce disease that might damage the coffee plants.

Colombian coffee is one of the few original coffees sold all over the world under its own name. No other coffee has achieved that degree of consumer regard for its quality. It is the world’s largest exporter of Arabica beans—very little robusta is grown.

The coffee-producing areas lie among the foothills of the Andes, where the climate is temperate and moist. The hilly terrain provides a wide variety of microclimates, which mean that the harvesting season can last for almost the whole year, as different plantings ripen at different times.
Colombian coffee is often described as silky and it is one of the best balanced of all coffees.
Because of its great balance it is considered a versatile coffee for all uses. Colombian coffee is a great coffee to be drank at any time of the day. The suggested roast for Colombian is medium to high. Colombian is described as a full bodied, mellow superbly balanced coffee with a slight nutty flavor.

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