(Colombian coffee)
Café de Colombia is produced using different varieties of coffee of the Arabica species such as Caturra, Típica, Borbón, Maragogipe, Tabi, Colón, San Bernardo and Colombia, now known as Castillo. It is cultivated in the Colombian Coffee Growing Area, which is situated on the slopes of the Andean mountain range and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2011.
This area is known to offer fresh coffee throughout the year, as the harvesting is carried out several times. According to some documents, it was the Jesuits who first cultivated coffee in Colombia, in the region of Santander around 1732. Today, approximately 12% of the world’s total coffee production comes from Colombia, and one of the most distinctive features of the Colombian coffee production chain is that it is primarily run by local farmers on coffee plantations, where each coffee bean is carefully hand-picked and wet-processed.
In 1958, Juan Valdez, a fictional coffee farmer appeared in adverts for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia and became a symbol for Café de Colombia which is prized for its full body, fragrant aroma and rich flavor.
