Origin
About this lot
ORIGIN Bordered by the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, Colombia has invested in its coffee industry for decades and the spirit of innovation is strong with new coffee varieties and processing innovations emerging. As the world’s third largest producer of coffee of arabica coffee, producing approximately 11 million sacks (70kgs) each year, the country benefits from elevated altitudes with good rainfall and hours of sunlight throughout the year. It is crossed from north to south by the mighty Andes mountain range, which divides its coffee growing regions into three branches towards the south. The vast majority of smallholder producers have very small plantations and use mixed farming techniques to diversify their income. The average age of a coffee grower in Colombia is 53 years-old, and there are now urgent national efforts to inspire the next generation of coffee producers. Carlos Guillermo