https://buyorganiccoffee.org/2202/buy-arabica-coffee-directly-from-colombia/ Buy Arabica Coffee Directly from Colombia When we wrote recently about Colombian Arabica organic coffee we received several requests for information and pricing from folks who wanted to buy Arabica coffee directly from Colombia. If you want good coffee, drink Arabica. If you want great coffee, look for Arabica coffee from Colombia. And if you want the best, look for Colombian Arabica organic coffee. If you want this great coffee shipped directly to you, contact us at Buy Organic Coffee. The folks who contacted us after the article ranged from people who were simply interested in Colombian coffee to roasters across the globe who were interested in prices and the specifics of getting bulk wholesale green coffee beans shipped from Colombia. With our readers’ and clients’ questions in mind here is some useful information about our business connecting Colombian Arabica coffee growers to coffee lovers everywhere.

1. By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

2. When we wrote recently
about Colombian Arabica organic
coffee we received several requests for
information and pricing from folks who
wanted to buy Arabica coffee directly from
Colombia.

3. If you want good coffee, drink Arabica. If
you want great coffee, look for Arabica
coffee from Colombia.

4. And if you want the best, look for
Colombian Arabica organic coffee.

5. If you want this great coffee shipped
directly to you, contact us at Buy
Organic Coffee.

6. The folks who contacted us after the article
ranged from people who were simply
interested in Colombian coffee to roasters
across the globe who were interested in
prices and the specifics of getting bulk
wholesale green coffee beans shipped from
Colombia.

7. With our readers’ and clients’ questions in
mind here is some useful information
about our business connecting Colombian
Arabica coffee growers to coffee lovers
everywhere.

8. Arabica Coffee from Colombia

9. Yes you can buy Arabica
Coffee Directly from
Colombia

10. Colombia ranks only behind Brazil in
volume of Arabica coffee production.

11. And Colombia only produces Arabica
coffee varieties, no Robusta coffee beans.

12. Much of Robusta production goes to
provide caffeine for soft drinks.

13. Colombian Arabica coffee beans go to
make the best coffees in the world.

14. The Colombia “Eje Cafetero” or coffee
growing axis is also known as el “triangulo
de café” or the coffee triangle.

15. It is located west of the Colombian capital
city of Bogotá and centered in the
departments (states) of Caldas, Quindío
and Risaralda.

16. Parts of this region were involved in the
decades-long Colombian Civil War and
now as peace comes to the coffee
producing regions are coming back into
production.

17. This is a mountainous region (Andes) with
rich volcanic soil, lots of rain, and clouds
which are conditions ideal for growing
great coffee.

18. Map of Colombia

19. Is Your Colombian Coffee
from the Store Fresh?

20. Years ago the Colombian Coffee Growers
Association trademarked the Juan Valdez
name and logo.

21. When you see Juan and his burro on the
label that means you are getting 100%
Colombian coffee.

22. Colombian coffee is always good coffee but
Colombian coffee can get old just like any
coffee.

23. We just wrote an article about how long
fresh roasted coffee beans last.

24. In the article we noted that green coffee
beans store longer than whole bean
roasted coffee and whole bean roasted
stores longer than ground coffee.

25. And we noted that an issue is just how old
the green coffee was when it got roasted.

26. Coffee has a supply chain and it can be
long.

27. In Brazil, for example, due to an expensive
local currency, coffee farmers put their
green beans into storage for years and only
sold them when the price, in the local
currency, went up.

28. Unfortunately, this green coffee was poor
quality despite going into storage as high
quality.

29. If you want to be guaranteed fresh green
coffee from Colombia it might just be best
to buy Arabica coffee directly from
Colombia.

30. Buy Colombian Coffee
Directly from Colombia

31. Besides loving coffee and incessantly
writing about coffee, we have come to
know folks in the coffee industry in
Colombia.

32. Our focus has not been on the huge
companies that dominate much of the
industry but on small family operations
that have been growing, processing, and
roasting great Colombian Arabica coffee
for generations.

33. We mentioned one such operation in our
article about coffee from Manizales,
Colombia.

34. Roasting is an art and coffee is their life in
this part of the world.

35. Roasting Coffee

36. It used to be that the easiest way to get
your fresh Arabica coffee from Colombia
was to visit Manizales and bring back a
suitcase filled with bags of coffee.

37. Of course, one had to pass inspection by
the soldiers checking luggage and their
drug sniffing dog!

38. But, a couple of years ago Colombia
streamlined its export procedures for
coffee which has made it easier for mere
humans, instead of multinationals, to
export coffee from Colombia.

39. Thus we are pleased to help our clients
with getting freshly roasted Colombian
Arabica coffee in smaller quantities
delivered by air freight within days of
roasting.

40. And, we are pleased to help clients buy
commercial quantities of Arabica green
coffee beans, ones that are fresh and not
ones that have been in storage for years
like the story about Brazil.

41. We have been asked for a price list. We do
not maintain a price list.

42. We do not have a warehouse full of coffee
that we purchased last year and are trying
to sell.

43. When a client wants high quality Arabica
coffee from Colombia we contact one of
our suppliers, like the family operation in
Manizales, and get the best price for the
best coffee.

44. The base price for coffee is set by the
futures market in New York and if you are
in the agricultural office in a village like
Chinchiná, Colombia there will be a video
monitor on the wall showing the up-to-
the-minute New York price.

45. That price is the base price from which all
prices are calculated.

46. The price for Colombian coffee goes up
with the size of the bean.

47. Arabica coffee grown at high altitudes
ripens more slowly and grows larger. This
is typically a finer coffee.

48. Colombian Coffee Grades

49. Green coffee is run through a series of
screens with openings starting at size 17 =
17/64 inch.

50. Larger beans are typically better and the
largest are from Arabica grown more slowly
at higher altitudes which are typically the
best quality.

51. And coffee roasters need uniform bean size
when roasting a batch, otherwise the small
beans are over-done and the batch is bad.

52. The largest bean size in Colombian coffee
is Supremo = size 17 followed
by Excelso = size 15-16, USG (usual good
quality) = size 14 and Caracol = size 12.

53. Coffee Screens

54. Organic, Coffee of Origin,
Standard Colombian
Arabica Coffee

55. There is a lot of Colombian Arabica coffee
and it is relatively easy to find a decent
price for our clients.

56. Organic coffee is grown in smaller
quantities and much of the organic
production is already spoken for as buyers
have agreements in place to take all of a
farm’s production.

57. We can still find organic coffee for you but
quantities will vary and the price is higher.

58. If you want to find an organic producer
and set up your own supply chain we will
be happy to help.

59. Coffee of origin is a popular choice as the
various parts of the coffee growing district
will produce coffees with differing tastes,
much like with wine.

60. And, like with organic coffee, quantities
will vary and the price is higher.

61. Getting the Coffee from
Colombia to You

62. We are pleased to help coffee gourmets
who want smaller quantities or green
beans to roast or freshly roasted
Colombian Arabica coffee.

63. Our supplier will simply arrange to send to
you via air freight.

64. This service is typically for gourmet coffee
lovers for whom price is little object.

65. The coffee is still reasonably priced but the
cost of shipping is typically as much or
more than the cost of the coffee!

66. Coffee roasters from anywhere in the world
can go through us to buy Arabica coffee
directly from Colombia.

67. Contact us and let us know what quantity
of green coffee beans you want.

68. Our usual arrangement is FOB shipping.
This term means “free on board” and
means that we and our supplier are
responsible for getting the shipment to the
port for shipping.

69. And then your shipper will take over to
store the coffee, load it on the boat, handle
export/import and deliver to you in the
end.

70. FOB Delivery to Colombia
Ports

71. Colombia has two main ports, Cartagena
on the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) and
Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast.

72. To avoid the extra price of shipping
through the Panama Canal it is best to pick
Buenaventura for shipments to the west
coast of the America, Australia, and Asia.

73. Shipments to the US gulf coast and East
coast as well as Europe should ship via
Cartagena.

74. If you wish to have us handle shipping
from Colombia our suppliers can do that
but at an extra cost.

75. Your best bet is to use your own shipper
who speaks your own language as well.

76. If you have questions about how to buy
Arabica coffee directly from Colombia
please feel free to contact us at your
convenience.

77. We can typically provide you with a price
quote in a day or two.

78. Of course the price of coffee goes up and
down, so all quotes are time limited.

79. A Land of Volcanoes That
Produces Arabica Coffee

80. Colombia has an ideal climate for growing
coffee.

81. Coffee needs lots of water but the water
should run off.

82. Thus coffee in Colombia grows on hillsides
and mountainsides and even on the slopes
of volcanoes like Nevado Ruiz which looms
over the city of Manizales.

83. Nevado Ruiz Volcano Overlooking Manizales