Introduction to South American Coffee Growing Regions - Colombian Huila Coffee with Balanced Flavor and Rich Acidity

Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style).

FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Colombian Huila Region

Colombia

Well-known representative coffee: Colombia

Colombia is the world's second-largest coffee exporter, accounting for approximately 15% of global production. Its coffee trees are primarily planted in the three mountain ranges that run north-south through the country, with only Arabica varieties cultivated.

Although its production ranking is lower than Brazil's, Colombian coffee beans are of excellent quality, with rich and unique flavors, balanced acidity with sweetness, and moderate bitterness. They are highly suitable for both single-origin consumption and blending.

Colombian beans, like Brazilian beans, are among the best choices for blended coffee foundations. However, their flavor profile is richer and more mellow than Brazilian beans, with a more intense aroma. Besides being enjoyed as single-origin, they are often used in coffee blends to increase sweetness and balance the bitterness of other coffees.

Colombia Huila is the premium specialty among Colombian coffees. Its balance is widely recognized as the best coffee, belonging to the specially selected high-altitude coffee beans of the Colombian national company, reputed as a national treasure of Colombia. Thanks to superior geographical and climatic conditions, Colombian coffee has consistently maintained high quality standards. Typically, Colombian coffee beans without special market trademark names come from the National Federation of Colombia Coffee Growers, a very large federation spanning Colombia. It has always been known for its strict quality control and active promotion.

In Colombia's coffee bean grading system, Supremo is the highest grade, representing the largest and fullest premium coffee beans among Colombian varieties, with extremely low content of defective beans and impurities. Excelso, on the other hand, consists of smaller, more ordinary grade beans. Colombian coffee exhibits balanced flavor characteristics, rich acidity, unique flavor profiles, and relatively full body. Sometimes it carries hints of red wine nuances and admirable fruit flavors. A small portion of Colombian coffee comes from old varieties such as Typica or Bourbon. Generally, these are branded using the estate name or the processing factory's name.

Knowledge point: The world's coffee-producing regions are mainly distributed in the areas north and south of the equator, also known as the "Coffee Belt."

In short: FrontStreet Coffee is a coffee research establishment dedicated to sharing coffee knowledge with everyone. Our unrestricted sharing aims to help more friends fall in love with coffee. Additionally, we hold three low-discount coffee events every month because FrontStreet Coffee wants to offer the best coffee at the lowest prices to more friends. This has been FrontStreet Coffee's mission for the past six years!

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473