Cocora Valley
March 13, 2025 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Colombia delights us with its nature, biodiversity and dreamlike landscapes. It is truly a great privilege to be able to travel through this country with your own expedition vehicle.
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Each fruit contains two beans (exceptionally three). Ripe fruits turn red. Coffea arabica is generally a superior quality to Coffea robusta. Robusta coffee tends to be bitter and has less flavor, but a better body than arabica. This is why about three-quarters of the coffee grown worldwide is C. arabica. Robusta strains also have some advantages; they contain about 40–50% more caffeine, can be grown at lower altitudes and higher temperatures, and are more resistant to pests than arabica varieties. Good quality robusta beans are used in traditional Italian espresso blends to provide a fuller flavor and better foam.
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Initially, coffee was grown in the shade of trees that provided habitat for many animals and insects, and at the same time, tall trees extract nutrients from the deep layers of the soil and refresh the soil with their fallen leaves, which is beneficial for the coffee bushes. The environmental impact is much lower than in monocultures. This method is commonly referred to as "shade grown coffee". Since the 1970s, many farmers have changed their production method to sun cultivation, in which coffee is grown in rows under full sun. This makes the fruits ripen faster and the bushes produce larger yields, but requires tree cleaning and increased use of fertilizers and pesticides. On Don Carlos's coffee plantation, only the traditional "shade grown coffee" method is used.
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The vegetable fibers extracted from this succulent species are extremely resistant and can be traditionally used to make coffee bags.