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Ripe cherries ready to pick in Risaralda, ColombiaDiego Castañeda / Unsplash
2.5°N 75.5°W · 1,200–2,000 maslGrown in Huila
Colombian coffee
The Andes split into three ranges here. Many regions get two harvests a year: a main crop and a smaller one called the mitaca.
From the expedition filesA UNESCO coffee landscape, jeeps called 'mechanical mules', and a fictional farmer who sold a nation's beans.Still alive art: Yipao jeep paradeRead the Colombia file, with every source →- Region
- Huila
- Altitude
- 1,200–2,000 masl
- Varieties
- Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
- Process
- Washed
Harvest calendar
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In the cup
CaramelRed appleOrangeMilk chocolate
Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Fruit
Chocolate
On the stamps
Colombia · 1939Colombian coffee stampWikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Colombia's coffee, on the post
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