Cundinamarca Coffee Beans from Colombia

Cundinamarca(Cundinamarca)andAntioquia, Caldas are the provinces in Colombia that export the most coffee beans. Among them, China is a major importer of Colombian coffee. (According to the head of FNC’s China division, the United States, China, and Germany are the main buyers of Colombian coffee.)

Cundinamarca is a province located in central Colombia, where the capital city Bogotá is situated. It is also one of the earliest regions in Colombia where coffee was cultivated. Locals began planting coffee on thewestern slopes around 1860. Later,cultivation gradually expanded to the northwest. The region has an extremely high density of coffee trees, and production peaked during World War II (when it also helped Colombia capture part of Brazil’s global coffee market)., making it thesecond province in Colombia to commercially sell coffee beans.

The coffee-growing conditions in Cundinamarca are excellent, with altitudes above 1400 meters (1400–1800 meters),an average temperature of 21°C, relative humidity of 75%, and at least 1600 hours of sunlight per year. The water and heat conditions are ideal for both coffee growth and subsequent harvesting and processing. Similar to other coffee-growing areas in north-central Colombia, there are two rainy seasons here:February to June (main harvest season) and October to December (secondary harvest season), which are considerably longer than those in the Boyacá region.

The coffee varieties grown in the Cundinamarca region are well-balanced, including traditional Typica varieties as well as common Central and South AmericanCaturra varieties, and Colombia’s promotedCastillo variety. Washed processing is primarily used here, resulting in coffee beans with complex flavors—featuring vanilla, almond, caramel, and peach aromas, as well as citrus fruits, lemon, sweetness, and a pleasant, long-lasting aftertaste with medium acidity.Vanilla and almond, caramel, peach aroma, along with citrus fruits, lemon, and sweetness, with a pleasant and lingering aftertaste and medium acidity.