Colombian Coffee Bean Brands Introduction to Colombian Strawberry Coffee Beans How to Brew a Delicious Cup and Cupping Notes

For many people, merely hearing the word Colombia conjures coffee — such is the country's association with the crop and the drink. In Colombia, coffee growing is woven into the cultural fabric; there is even a theme park devoted to the beverage.

Everyone knows Colombia is a major coffee-producing country, and most people are aware that some of the world's most precious coffees also come from Colombia.

Here at FrontStreet Coffee, we take a closer look at Colombia's best-known coffee brands.

Don Pablo Colombian Supremo

This brand began with a love story. Darron Burke fell for a Colombian woman named Eliana, who took him to her country and introduced him to her family, where Eliana's grandmother renamed him Don Pablo because it was easier to pronounce. Darron and Eliana married and founded Don Pablo Coffee together. The coffee tastes very typically Colombian: mild, sweet and rich, with a smooth cocoa tone.

Volcanica Coffee

100% Pure Colombian Supremo is the perfect balance between medium-sweet acidity and a smooth, light body, thanks to organic, shade-grown cultivation.

It is a single origin from Colombian Andean estates, Fair Trade certified and Rainforest Alliance certified, shade-grown to help both people and the planet.

A medium roast that lets the true flavor profile shine through, delivering an extraordinary taste experience.

Freshly roasted, then packed and sealed immediately to lock in freshness.

Coffee Bean Direct

Colombia Supremo: this artisanal coffee is lightly roasted to present a smooth and complex body with bright, sunny acidity; the beans carry flavors of juicy lemon, brown sugar and milk chocolate.

Coffee Bean Direct: we are committed to roasting expertise, modern convenience and fair prices, which lets us bring you the best artisanal blends and flavors of coffee and tea imaginable.

This coffee from Colombia is offered only as whole bean.

Juan Valdez Colina

Every Colombian harvest turns up a small proportion of "Caracolito" beans. These are prized for their small, round shape, which comes from a single seed forming inside the coffee fruit. From this unusual bean, Juan Valdez developed Colina: a balanced coffee with a gentle texture, a smooth mouthfeel and roasted nut flavors.

Koffee Kult

This Colombian coffee is aromatic whether ground or extracted. Cupping notes: chocolate aroma, rich body, medium acidity, a clean sugary aftertaste.

100% Colombian Huila Grade, freshly roasted, using organically sourced, rich, smooth, strong whole beans. These exceptional green beans come from the high mountain altitudes of Huila that make delicious coffee possible. There are many types of coffee bean, and these rank among the best you can buy — the best organic, professional-grade beans.

Freshly roasted to perfection, preserving the coffee's natural chocolate and sweet flavors through small-batch roasting.

Colombian Supremo Peaberry: this organic, Fair Trade certified medium roast has a rich, deep flavor, and these beans are the standout of the harvest. Peaberry beans form a single large round seed instead of a pair of flat ones, and account for only about 5% of the harvest.

Colombian Supremo: from the Supremo Andean estate in Colombia, high in the Colombian Andes, this coffee has a pleasant, smooth acidity. It is full-bodied, with a smooth mouthfeel and nutty flavor.

Colombian Medellin Excelso: an affordable option that delivers bright flavors with some cocoa and nutty notes and fruity undertones.

Café Don Pablo: a popular organic brand and another affordable choice, with low acidity and a mild taste carrying some cocoa. Because it is so mild, it complements desserts well.

If you find shopping on Amazon a hassle, you can also search for FrontStreet Coffee. We carry many coffees from Colombia. Today FrontStreet Coffee would like to highlight the Strawberry 2.0 from Cauca Province, Colombia. To emphasize the strawberry sweetness in the cup, FrontStreet Coffee uses a medium-light roast, which makes that sweetness more prominent. A key brewing tip is to use high temperatures with this bean, so that the aromatic compounds and acidity of a lightly roasted coffee are extracted. Medium-light roasted beans are relatively dense, so raising the water temperature improves extraction efficiency and avoids sharp acidity. A V60 dripper may give a less solid mouthfeel, but the high concentration it delivers brings a rich aroma that is one of the bean's defining characteristics.

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Colombia's broad range is what makes it so useful: the same country gives you espresso blends, single-origin pour-over, fruit-forward acidity, full-bodied cups and aroma-led styles, so there is something for almost every taste. For a first look at the country, FrontStreet Coffee's Huila washed coffee is the obvious entry. Huila province, in the southern part of Colombia's Central Cordillera, is the country's best-known specialty region — mountains on every side, planting above 1500 meters, and the meeting point of Colombia's most important rivers, which brings abundant water and humidity. FrontStreet's washed Huila is roasted medium-dark, so it emphasizes black chocolate and the sweetness of nuts, with moderate oil and a full body. It suits pour-over and French press, and it also extracts well in a moka pot or an espresso machine for americano or latte.

Colombian coffee has also moved well beyond the washed norm, and anaerobic fermentation is the clearest example of the shift. Also called carbonic maceration, it is essentially fermentation in a low-oxygen or oxygen-free environment, usually inside a pressure-resistant stainless steel tank where temperature, time, pH and other variables can be controlled. FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian Sidra uses anaerobic natural processing, which converts more tropical fruit aroma into the bean; roasted medium-light, it gives complex, concentrated passion fruit, grape, apricot and dried fruit notes. It is at home as pour-over, cold brew, a drip bag or a moka pot, and it makes a fine choice if you want something more layered than a classic profile.

If you have a home espresso machine or a moka pot, FrontStreet Coffee's Specialty Espresso Blend is the practical pick. Designed specifically for cafés, it combines the creamy nut character of Brazilian coffee with the dark chocolate bittersweetness of Colombian coffee, and it pours with a fine golden crema. It pairs beautifully with milk for a rich, smooth latte, is very forgiving for beginners, and works as the base for americano, cappuccino and mocha.