CENTRAL REGION OF THE COFFEE GROWERS AXIS OF COLOMBIA

The coffees from the Centre of Colombia display a wide range of sensations of varying intensity, with high acidity and full body, and they are fragrant or subtle, sweet, fruity or herbal, largely depending on the altitude at which they are grown and the grower’s framing practices. Harvesting takes place both in the first and second half of the year, with a wide spectrum of farm sizes, from half-hectare small-holdings to a very few farms of more than 100 hectares.

The Central region is where the departments that make up the Coffee-Growers Axis lie, with a strong tradition and coffee culture, and where the bulk of coffee production takes place. The region is admired for its natural beauty, birds varieties (over 347 in Apia Risaralda) and ecological diversity, and boasts imposing snow-capped peaks over 5,000 m high.

Here we find the departments of Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda which, together with the northern section of the Valle department, make up the Coffee-Growers Axis of Colombia, with modern plantations coexisting with traditional small-holdings. We also find areas such as the southern Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Boyacá and Norte del Tolima, all traditional coffee growing areas, with volcanic soils on steep and on gentle slopes that they have optimized to produce the excellent quality coffee appreciated by consumers the world over.

In the Central Region, dry and rainy seasons alternate through the months, producing a regular crop of fresh coffee the year round. Here the main harvest takes place between September and December with a second, smaller harvest – the mitaca or traviesa – between April and June.

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