Colombia | What is the Emerald Coffee Variety? The Grading System for Special Selection and Premium Selection Coffee

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Colombia | What is the Emerald Coffee variety? How are the grades of Special Select Coffee and Superior Select Coffee classified?

Colombian Coffee - Originating from Colombia, the roasted coffee beans release a sweet fragrance, characterized by the fine quality of sweetness within acidity and balanced bitterness. Due to its appropriate concentration, it is often used in premium blended coffees. The Colombian people's persistent pursuit of coffee quality can only be described with one word: serious. Nothing but serious. A widely circulated example of this is that although Colombians could replace Bourbon coffee trees with fast-growing, high-yield Arabica coffee trees; they are reluctant to act rashly before confirming the quality of coffee beans produced by Arabica coffee trees, even if it means willingly handing over their second-place world coffee production ranking to Vietnam, which only grows Robusta coffee.

Emerald Coffee

Colombian coffee is one of the few single-origin coffees sold worldwide under its own name. In terms of quality, no other coffee has received such high praise from coffee enthusiasts. It has another beautiful name called "Emerald Coffee."

On the mountains southwest of Medellin city in the Antioquia province of Colombia, there is a city called Hutton Bolivar, which possesses a unique, greenhouse-like natural environment that allows its people to inherit and share the traditional harvests brought by this environment from generation to generation. The Farallones in Benado is a place that can produce the best and highest quality coffee products. This land has excellent sunshine, giving birth to diligent local people who are busy day and night. Agropecuaria Farallones Farm (hereinafter referred to as AF) is a family enterprise from Bolivar city, with its main business being the production and trade of coffee. AF was established in 2000, but its predecessor, Arboleda Puerta, was a family with 35 years of dedication to coffee production. AF inherited the family's experience and achievements. Through ten years of work, AF has achieved its deserved leading position in Colombia's coffee industry. Since 2005, they have taken greater steps, focusing on exporting coffee to any country in the world. The hard work of the AF people, their dedication, and their guarantee of quality allow this land to produce the most excellent quality coffee—the harvested fruit is the proof!

Colombia is rich in natural resources, with coffee, flowers, gold, and emeralds enjoying the reputation of "four treasures." The pleasant climate provides a "natural pasture" for coffee. However, Colombians are not complacent about their advantages; they pursue coffee quality tirelessly, constantly seeking innovation and improvement, keeping pace with the times. Colombia has a mild climate and humid air. Coffee cultivation is all along the highlands of mountains. The mountain terraces provide diverse climate advantages, so the entire year is the harvest season, with different types of coffee maturing successively at different times. This period's coffee appearance has complete particles, traditional processing method produces rich fragrance, soft and smooth taste, with excellent balance. This period also uses a medium-dark roast, which lowers the fruity acidity tone without affecting its rich aroma. Whether in appearance or quality, Colombian coffee is of superior grade. Like a charming and uninhibited woman, just right.

Tasting Premium Colombian Coffee

Colombian coffee is a quite representative excellent variety among Arabica coffee species and is also a traditionally deep-roasted coffee with a strong and memorable taste. Its aroma is rich and thick, with bright, high-quality acidity, high balance, sometimes with nutty flavor, and endless aftertaste. Whether in appearance or quality, Colombian coffee is of superior grade. Like a charming and uninhibited woman, just right.

Varieties

Colombian beans have Special Select (SUPERMO) as the highest grade, followed by Superior Select (EXCELSO); but恐怕 only Special Select coffee beans of 18 gauge (diameter 18/64 inches) or above can be classified as specialty coffee. Colombian coffee has balanced flavor, with a smoother mouthfeel, like a gentleman among coffee, well-behaved and conventional. Its producing areas are very wide, but the coffee from the central mountain region is the best, with thick texture. The most famous producing areas are Medellin, Armenia, and Manizales, habitually collectively called "MAM." In addition, "Narino Coffee" has delicious taste and excellent quality. It is said that Starbucks, which operates on the principle of specialty coffee, has the exclusive purchasing right for "Narino Special Select" coffee beans, and this coffee bean is commonly found in their chain stores.

Flavor

The dry aroma is of nuts and vanilla. When sipped, a slight berry acidity slides by lightly, followed by a smooth, oily sensation that moisturizes the mouth, accompanied by charming nutty aroma. Brown sugar sweetness returns with a pleasant aftertaste. The overall flavor is clean, with good balance, quite a classic Colombian flavor.

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Brewing:

Dripper: V60 dripper

Water Temperature: 88 degrees

Grind Size: Small Fuji grind size 4

Brewing Method: Water-to-coffee ratio 1:14, 17g of coffee, first infusion with 25g water for 30s bloom, second infusion to 238g water, extraction time around 2:30 seconds.

Analysis:

The ribs at the bottom of the KONO dripper are not numerous, and the filter paper fits tightly against the dripper, achieving the purpose of restricting airflow. This allows water and coffee grounds to have longer contact and steeping time in the dripper, ensuring extraction time and rate for coarse grinding. This allows the coffee grounds to be fully extracted, enhancing the rich mouthfeel and making the flavor more concentrated.

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