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Colombia Micro-Lot La Argentina

La Argentina is a micro-lot, single origin coffee from a municipality in south west Huila, Colombia. The region is along the Serania de la Minas, an interior range between the Central Andes Cordillera and the Magdalena River basin. This range modulates and regulates the climatic interaction between the warm and dry Magdalena River climate and cool Andes Cordillera climate, which tends to produce large day and night temperature and moisture variations.

The coffee is sourced directly from local coffee growers that are members of Cadefihuila. It was grown at very high altitudes, between 5200 and 6500 feet, making for a higher percentage of smaller, though not small beans. The soil contains volcanic ash and other volcanic particulates as the last eruption of the Huila volcano was just this past February 2007. Moisture is optimal.

This segregated micro-lot, due to the small availability, combines beans screen sizes 15 and up with the majority larger beans*. 100% of the coffee is wet processed and sun dried directly on the few farms that contribute to this micro-lot

*Note Behmor users - these beans will not fall through the standard Behmor roasting cylinder.

Cup Characteristics: Clean, sweet, crisp and bright. You can taste the soil in which it is grown, its terroir, which provides a very complex cup. Hints of berry and honey. Medium body, a lingering finish and a smooth pudding-like, milk chocolate texture.


Volume Price
PoundsPrice LB
1$5.57
2-4$5.29
5-19$5.01
20+$4.46
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Colombia coffee facts:

Main crop seasons vary depending on location. For many the main crop is Sept - December. Some regions have a mid crop as well.

Population: 43.6 Million people
Domestic Consumption: 1.8 Million Bags of 70 Kg. (154 lb.)
Coffee Export: 12.5 Million Bags of 70 Kg. (154 lb.)
Cultivated Area: 1.1 Million Hectares (2.7 Million Acres)
Harvest: Main Crop: October to January (60%)
Fly Crop: April to June (40%)
Note: In Narino, due to its geography, Main and Fly crop seasons are reversed.
Arabica Introduced: From the Carribean through Venezuela
Farms: 300,000

Specialty Coffees:
Supremo basis of a 17 screen size
Excelso basis of a 16/17 screen size

Botanical Varieties:
Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Maragogype, Variety Colombia (hybrid of Timor and Caturra)


 


 

 

Crop Comments

Colombia is the second largest exporter of coffee in the world. All coffee grown is of the Arabic species, and mostly all is grown at high elevation and wet processed. Supremo is the country's highest grade. Colombia coffee has a well-earned reputation as having fine body, pleasant acidity and clean flavor. Each region brings a little something different to the final product.

 

 


 
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