Coffee Growing Regions In Colombia
In the north of colombia you ll find the coffee producing sub regions of santander norte de santander la guajira magdalena and cesar.
Coffee growing regions in colombia. Colombia s 22 coffee growing regions can be divided into the northern central and southern ones. The central region and the eastern region. Most of the coffee harvest is produced in the central and southern areas while the main areas for organic production are the north and the south where the soil is naturally favourable to coffee farming. During the latter part of the 19 th century coffee was introduced in the mountainous fertile borderlands of the department and antioquia became one of colombia s most important coffee producing areas bolstered by ideal coffee growing conditions made possible by the central and western cordilleras mountain ranges that cross the department.
The eastern region of colombia is a mountainous area around bogota and bucaramanga. It is famous for growing and producing the majority of colombian coffee considered by many to be the best coffee in the world. Many of those people were farmers in the coffee growing region of colombia the eje cafetero. 62 500 producers grow coffee on 129 500 ha of land according to juan carlos.
There are two main coffee growing regions in colombia. Towns like salento pijao and filandia still retain the same colonial air of yesteryear when coffee farmers brought their product to market along old country roads. Today many coffee farmers are coming home as peace comes to the coffee growing regions of colombia. As of the 1980s coffee was the most important export from the region.
Triángulo del café is a part of the colombian paisa region. Peace more farmers and more arabica coffee u s. Eje cafetero also known as the coffee triangle spanish. This region has only one dry season december to march and one wet season april to november annually.
There are three departments in the area. News writes about peace will affect colombian coffee production. What makes each region taste different. There are four departments in the area.
These departments are among the smallest departments in colombia with a total combined area of 13873 km 5356 mi about 1 2 of the colombian territory. The central region of colombia is known as mam. Caldas quindío and risaralda. Caldas quindío risaralda and tolima.
The colombian coffee region also known as the coffee triangle is a part of the colombian paisa region in the rural area of colombia. It comes down to things like the weather both rain and the overall temperature the elevation and the differences in soil that are responsible for the unique flavor profiles in each of the main regions. The coffee growing axis spanish. Mam stands for medellin armenia and manizales.