Coffee Origin - Colombia

Colombia is the world's third largest growing country, producing around 11.5 billion bags which is 690,000,000 kilos a year and accounts for 17% of the agricultural GDP. There are over 550,000 coffee producers with 95% of them classed as small producers owning less than 13 acres of land.

Colombian coffee became well known thanks to The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia's forward thinking marketing campaign in the 1920's to promote its exportation. Colombia takes pride in producing a high standard of coffee and is only a few countries that grows solely arabica varieties.

The country possesses three mountain ranges with perfect geography, climate and volcanic soil for growing arabica coffee and so produces a range of different flavour profiles but are typically medium bodied, sweet with mild acidity. The standard is for wet-processed coffee and sold by grade. Supremo being the highest grade, Extra the second best and also Excelso, a mix of the first two grades.

The coffee tree

Learn all about the coffee tree and the different varieties that you can find.

Harvesting coffee

Find out how coffee is harvested and the hard work that the coffee farmers put into our lovely drink.

Processing coffee

Read about what they do after the harvesting of coffee and the various processing methods.

Brazil

The largest producer of coffee with a production of around 43 million bags (60KG) of coffee.

Colombia

Producing around 13 million bags (60KG) of coffee, Colombia is the third largest producer of coffee.

El Salvador

Not the largest producer with 0.5 million bags (60KG) but boy do they know how to grow coffee!

Costa Rica

This beautiful country produces around 1.5 million bags (60KG) of coffee each year.

Guatemala

Guatemala produces around 3.5 million bags (60KG) each year and produces very high quality certified coffee.

Ethiopia

The birthplace of coffee with wild coffees and a production of around 6.5 million bags (60KG).

Kenya

The neighbour of Ethiopia yet with a very different flavour profile, Kenya produces under a million bags (60KG) of coffee each year.

Rwanda

Only about 0.25 million bags (60KG) are produced each year by Rwanda but we love Rwandan coffee.

India

With over 5 million bags (60KG) a year, India produces quite a bit of coffee and use the famous Monsooning processing method.

Indonesia

Over 6.5 million bags (60KG) are produced annually by Indonesia with some famous growing regions.

Sourcing coffee

How we source our coffee

How we roast coffee

Find out how we roast coffee here at Limini

Weighing and bagging

Yes, we do things by hand. Find out how we do it here.

Espresso coffee

The most popular method? Learn a bit about it here.

Drip filter

Automatic filter coffee machines. Read all about it.

Chemex

Why Chemex coffee is so good...

V60

An ancient method that has made a big come back.

Cafetiere

A convenient and popular immersion brew.

Aeropress

Not just intriguing but also really good!