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Colombia

Arabica only, grown the length of three Andean ranges — and harvested somewhere almost year-round.

Production
12.5M bags (60 kg)
Altitude
1,200–2,000 m
Species
100% Arabica
Harvest
April–June and October–December

Production figures are for the 2025/26 crop year.

Overview

Colombia grows Arabica and nothing else, across three cordilleras running the length of the country. That topography is the whole story: altitude, rainfall and latitude change over short distances, so a Nariño coffee and an Antioquia coffee have little in common beyond the species.

It also produces the industry's most useful scheduling quirk. Most of the country takes a main harvest late in the year and a second, smaller one — the *mitaca*, or fly crop — around the middle of it. Between regions, that means fresh Colombian arriving for most of the calendar.

Growing regions

  • Arabica

Shaded provinces contain growing areas; the crop covers only part of each.

1,200–1,900 m
Arabica

The largest producing department, and the one most often named on a bag.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Caturra Castillo Colombia Typica
Full profile

1,500–2,300 m
Arabica

Close to the equator and very high, which is an unusual combination.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Caturra Castillo Colombia
Full profile

1,300–2,000 m
Arabica

Northern, historically the heart of the industry.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Caturra Castillo Colombia
Full profile

1,200–1,900 m
Arabica

Central, smallholder-dominated, increasingly sold as single-origin.

Harvest
  1. J
  2. F
  3. M
  4. A
  5. M
  6. J
  7. J
  8. A
  9. S
  10. O
  11. N
  12. D
Washed Caturra Castillo Colombia Bourbon
Full profile

In the cup

The reference profile is balance rather than spectacle: caramel and panela sweetness, clean citric acidity, a medium and syrupy body. Higher, southern lots push further into red fruit and sharper acidity; lower and northern ones sit closer to chocolate and nut.

Caramel Citrus Berry Balanced
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Sources

  1. USDA Foreign Agricultural ServiceCoffee: World Markets and Trade (July 2026) (read August 24, 2026) Cited for Production, Species
  2. International Coffee OrganizationHistorical Data on the Global Coffee Trade (read August 24, 2026)
  3. World Coffee ResearchArabica Coffee Varieties (read August 24, 2026) Cited for Varieties

Country outlines and shaded relief from Natural Earth, which places them in the public domain.

Growing-region markers indicate an area. They are not surveyed farm locations and should not be read as any.