Although coffee's birthplace of origin is officially Africa other countries have tried and succeeded to make better coffee. Nowadays there simply is no better place on earth to plant and grow coffee than the coffee beans harvested in the country of Columbia.



First started in the early 1,800's, Columbian coffee soon found it's way into the cups of citizens of the United States and Europe. Today the trade of the Columbian coffee bean between these to continents exceeds more than 11 million bags per with the popular Starbuck's franchise being one of its major clients. As Starbuck's grew they decided it was to their advantage to purchase the entire coffee plantations and grow their own coffee rather than purchase their coffee through a middle-man supplier.



The Coffea Arabic Tree produces the delicious Columbian coffee bean. The trees grow in the mountains under the shade of the banana and rubber trees and get just the right amount of soil nutrients and sunshine. The central and eastern regions of Columbia are where most of the coffee plantations reside. Large metropolitan areas of Medellin, Armenia and Columbia's capital of Bogota are close by and provide the needed labor to work these plantations.



The Coffea Arabic Tree takes about four to five years to reach the right maturity level to produce high quality Columbian coffee beans. In the fields farmers practice the dry process to produce their finished coffee product. Once the coffee bean is harvested it is soaked in cold water for twenty-four hours, very similar to the time used to ferment wine.



Of course not all coffee beans are created equal and some do not pass the rigorous standards put in place by coffee plantation farmers. Not until the coffee beans are thoroughly washed are they separated to find the best beans to go through the final sun drying process to lower their acidity levels. Once the final drying process is completed the aromatic Columbian coffee beans are carefully packaged for shipment all over the world to your favorite coffee shop or supermarket for you to purchase and enjoy.