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Featured Coffee - Colombian Supremo
Colombian Popayan from the Cauca region of Colombia

All Colombian Coffee is Not the Same!
Finding Colombian coffee is not a problem. Finding very good Colombian coffee is harder. The advertising catch phrase "100% Colombian Coffee" is everywhere you can buy coffee, but it does not guarantee a good coffee.
Colombia is the second largest coffee producing nation, behind Brazil. Colombia produces some of the best coffees available and it also produces some of the most mediocre coffees available in the marketplace. Colombia produces only arabica coffee beans. Arabica coffee is very often misunderstood. There are two basic types of coffee beans, arabica and robusta beans. Arabica beans are a better quality bean because they are typically grown at higher altitudes and hand picked and sorted. The lower quality Robusta coffee bean is grown at lower altitudes on flat terrain and harvested by machine. There is definitely a difference in quality between the two beans.
However, you might be surprised to learn that 70 percent of all of the world's coffee beans are arabica coffee. What most people don't know is that there is a huge range of quality amongst the arabica coffees. While better than Robusta beans, lower quality arabica coffee cannot be compared to the higher grades of arabica coffee beans. The distinction of "Specialty Coffee" is the top 10 percent of arabica coffee. Specialty coffee is free of defects in the beans and includes only the highest quality arabica beans. So, when you're looking at 100% Colombian arabica bean coffee, make sure you're only considering the top 10 percent called Specialty Coffee.
Colombian coffee is named differently that other coffees in South America. Most South American coffees are named for the region in which they are grown. Coffee from Colombia may carry the name of Supremo or Excelso, indicating the highest grade of Colombian coffee. This grading system is based on the size of the coffee bean, not necessarily its overall quality. The best Colombian Supremo coffee beans come from several distinct growing regions, including the regions of Cauca (Popayan), Huila, Narino, and Tolima.
Our Colombian Supremo coffee is designated a specialty coffee and comes from the Cauca region on the western coast of Colombia. This coffee is typically known as Colombian Popayan, the tradename for this region's coffee. The name comes from the capital city, Popayan, of the Cauca region. Coffee from this region is grown at high altitudes of between 4000 and 6000 feet above sea level. This mountainous altitude combined with the rich soil, rainy, mild climate provides the perfect environment to produce a high quality coffee bean.
Colombian Popayan offers a very rich flavor with a full body and slightly sweet taste. It also offers the right amount of acidity for a very smooth taste. We think it's one of the best coffees available.
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