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Product Information

Name: Colombia Huila El Danubio Caturra Natural LOT#2

Flavor Notes: Wine-soaked cherries, dried figs, longan honey, red wine mouthfeel, deep and substantial, with a caramel syrup sweet aftertaste.

Award Records:

• 2014 Colombia Cup of Excellence Competition - 10th Place
• 2006 Colombia Cup of Excellence Competition - 15th Place

Origin Details

Country: Colombia

Region: Huila, Planades region

Estate: El Danubio

Variety: Caturra

Altitude: Average 1,800-1,900 meters

Grade: N/A

Processing Method: Natural processing

Harvest Period: 30% from April to June, 70% from September to January

Certification: N/A

Introduction

Huila is located in western Colombia, where coffee grows on the canyon slopes formed by the intersection of the western coastal mountain range and the eastern mountain range. The town of San Augustin, through which flows the Los Naranjos River, produces the highest quality coffee. This riverside area features beautiful scenery with abundant flowers and plants, serving as a habitat for butterflies and hummingbirds. This region is also Colombia's stronghold for producing fine coffee.

Many small farmers in this region produce specialty coffee beans through micro-batch production, which exhibits distinctive regional flavor characteristics. In recent years, with the international market's emphasis on coffee quality and the demand for specialty coffee, there has been a shift toward micro-regional production, organizing small coffee farmers to provide micro-batches. Dozens of small farmers contribute their individual harvests to form one micro-batch for sale, which allows for better quality control. Consequently, through batch-by-batch cupping, many exceptional specific micro-regional small-farm coffees can be selected.

This micro-batch comes from the natural processed Caturra LOT#2 produced by El Danubio in Huila. The estate owner, Juan Rodriguez, purchased this small 10-hectare estate five years ago with money earned from coffee work plus some loans.

El Danubio is located on the slopes of the western mountain range, bordering Huila to the north and Tolima to the south, with an average altitude of 1,800-1,900 meters. The estate owner is only 44 years old and has received only a fourth-grade education, yet he works diligently to learn coffee cultivation. He achieved rankings in both the 2014 and 2006 Colombia Cup of Excellence competitions, demonstrating his genuine capability. Because his estate is not large, he can manage every detail personally.

Colombia Coffee Overview

The western part of Colombia is home to the Andes Mountains, which split into three sections: the Western, Central, and Eastern mountain ranges. The Cauca and Magdalena rivers flow through lowland plains toward the Caribbean Sea.

Colombia is currently the world's second-largest coffee producer, using washed processing for Arabica coffee beans. It is also one of the world's largest producers of quality coffee, with traditional dark roast coffee having a strong and memorable flavor.

In 1808, coffee was first introduced to Colombia by a priest who brought it from the French Antilles via Venezuela. Today, the country is the third-largest coffee producer after Brazil and Vietnam, with an annual production of 12 million bags weighing 60 kilograms each, compared to Brazil's 31 million bags.

The importance of coffee in Colombia is evident from the following example: all vehicles entering the country must be sprayed and disinfected to prevent accidentally bringing diseases that could harm coffee trees.

Major producing regions include Huila (San Augustin), Narino, Tolima, Popayan (Cauca), Valle de Cauca, Meta, Antioquia (Medellin), Magdelena (Sierra Nevada), Boyaca, and Santander (Bucaramanga).

Colombia has approximately 700 million documented coffee trees, of which 66% are planted using modern cultivation methods in plantations, while the rest are grown in traditionally operated small farms. Main varieties include Caturra, Colombia, Typica, Bourbon, Maragogype, and Tabi. More than 500,000 farmers operate farms and cooperatives of all sizes across 590 municipalities and 14 major coffee-producing regions, with a total of 2 million Colombians depending on coffee cultivation for their livelihood, contributing 12.5% to the national GDP.

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