Colombia Popayan Excelso EP

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Flavor Profile Bright, cola, chocolate

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About this coffee

Grower

Coffee producers from Popayán

Altitude

1300 – 1650 masl

Variety

Castillo, Caturra, Colombia, and Typica

Soil

Volcanic loam

Region

Popayán,Cauca, Colombia

Process

Fully washed and dried inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain

Harvest

April-June | September- January

Certification

Conventional

Coffee Background

In Colombia the vast majority of coffee is cultivated, harvested and processed on small family owned farms. While these producers are their own architects, designing farm management and post-harvest solutions to fit their environment, they also need strong alliances to bring their coffee to the international market and earn fair prices. To support this system of small farm production, Colombia established the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC) to organize and support a complex network of larger regional coffee cooperatives. These cooperatives provide producers with valuable logistical support like centralized warehouses to store dried parchment and dry mills where the coffee is prepared for export according to size. The Excelso grade is the designation for beans that will not pass through a screen opening below 14/64 of an inch. Excelso lots are often traceable to regions of Colombia, each with distinct harvest times, which provides for a constant supply of fresh Colombian Excelso throughout the calendar year.