FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian Coffee Beans: Price, Flavor, Taste, Processing Method, Variety and Origin Region

FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian coffee grows in the Andes, where the climate is mild, the air humid and the rainfall reliable, conditions well suited to coffee. By geography the country divides into three production zones, northern, central and southern, and within them sit six major high-quality coffee areas: Sierra Nevada, Santander, Cauca, Huila, Narino and the Paisaje Cultural Cafetero.

Northern Sierra Nevada Region

The Sierra Nevada in the north is one of Colombia's premium areas. The Santa Marta range is one of the few snow-capped mountains on the equator. Coffee grown here is known worldwide for its distinctive character and high quality. The unusual climate, abundant rain, cloud cover and shade-grown practices give the coffee a rich aroma with nutty flavours and a singular sensory experience.

FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian coffee (Cafe de Colombia) comes from Colombia and is one of the few single-origin coffees in the world sold under a country name. For quality it has earned praise matched by few others. Compared with other producing countries, Colombia pays more attention to product development and promotion, and combined with its favourable geography and climate this makes its coffee high in quality, delicious and famous worldwide. After roasting, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian beans release a sweet aroma with the excellent trait of sweetness within acidity and balanced bitterness. Because its concentration is well judged, it is often used in premium blends. FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian coffee gives off a light and elegant fragrance, not as forceful as Brazilian coffee and not as acidic as African coffee, but a sweet, soft perfume, understated and refined.

History of Colombian Coffee

It is said that in 1808 a priest first brought coffee to Colombia from the French Antilles by way of Venezuela. Regular coffee drinkers know Colombian coffee for its silky smooth texture, and many equate the name with high quality and good taste. From that point coffee trees took root in the country. Colombia went on to become the second-largest coffee producer after Brazil and the world's largest exporter of washed coffee beans, and its coffee is among the most famous in the world.

FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian coffee offers a clear bitterness, clear as life itself, and yet bitterness is part of life. The lingering aftertaste at the root of the tongue becomes a full reflection of the past. Looking back at earlier bitterness makes its sweetness and warmth all the more apparent. Bitterness is pain, clarity brings calm, and the aftertaste becomes a quiet victory.

Flavor Characteristics of FrontStreet Coffee's Premium Colombian Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee's premium Colombian coffee shows sweetness within acidity, low bitterness, rich character and a distinctive sour and mellow balance. Its sour, bitter and sweet notes are perfectly balanced. It has a unique aroma that fills the whole mouth after drinking, and when the aroma is exhaled through the nose the flavour is very rich. You might find it assertive, since it quickly occupies your taste buds and your thoughts. Why resist? Life already holds sour, sweet, bitter and astringent flavours, so let the aroma of coffee carry off everything mundane. What we enjoy is not simply a cup of coffee but the moment of calm it brings. The most distinctive feature of FrontStreet Coffee's premium Colombian is its aroma: rich and thick, with bright high-quality acidity, high balance and an endless aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Among FrontStreet Coffee's Colombian offerings, washed Huila is the clearest starting point for understanding the country's flavour. Huila is Colombia's best-known specialty coffee region, and the coffee is washed. Grown above 1,500 metres among the mountains of southern Colombia's Central Cordillera, the beans are roasted medium-dark.

Expect black chocolate and nutty sweetness, moderate oil and a full body. Suited to pour-over, French press, moka pot and espresso machine, it works just as well as an americano or a latte.

For a more contemporary expression of the same origin, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Frontera Estate Xizhua uses anaerobic natural processing. Fermenting the cherries in a low-oxygen environment converts more of the fruit into tropical aroma, so at a medium-light roast it delivers passion fruit, grape, apricot and dried fruit across pour-over, cold brew, drip bag and moka pot. Both coffees come from the same mountains, yet the cup could hardly be more different, which makes them a good pair to taste side by side.